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Responses to the Independent Review of the Postal Services Sector

In response to its call for evidence the Review Panel received a number of submissions of evidence from interested stakeholders. The call for evidence ended on the 19th May 2008. Below are links to the responses from those organisations/individuals who consented to their submissions being made public. The submissions relate to Phase 1 (comments on Terms of Reference 1 and 2) and Phase 2 (comments on Terms of Reference 3 and any additional comments on Terms of Reference 1 and 2) of the review.

• Alan Reid MP  (330KB)
  
  
• Communication Workers Union  (107KB)
  
  
• Communication Workers Union: CWU press release summarising its response to phase 2 (external link)
  
  
• Communication Workers Union - Bristol & District Amal Branch: response to phase 2  (58KB)
  
  
• Direct Marketing Association: response to phase 2  (75KB)
  
  
• Federation of Small Businesses  (33KB)
  
  
• IMRG  (22KB)
  
  
• Institute of Directors  (75KB)
  
  
• Mail Competition Forum  (28KB)
  
  
• Mail Competition Forum: response to phase 2  (36KB)
  
  
• Mail Order Traders' Association  (8KB)
  
  
• Mail Users' Association: research - the impact of strike action at Royal Mail in 2007  (128KB)
  
  
• Mail Users' Association  (86KB)
  
  
• Mail Users' Association: cover letter for response to phase 2  (74KB)
  
  
• Mail Users' Association: response to phase 2  (176KB)
  
  
• Mike Weir MP  (20KB)
  
  

• National Federation of Sub-Postmasters - first submission (external link to PDF 151KB)
  
  

• National Federation of Sub-Postmasters - second submission (external link to PDF 84KB)
  
  
• Nordic Enterprise Trust: response to phase 2  (27KB)
  
  
• PeoplePost Ltd: response to phase 2  (1027KB)
  
  
• Periodical Publishers Association  (35KB)
  
  
• Periodical Publishers Association: response to phase 2 (16KB)
  
  
• Peter Hain MP  (744KB)
  
  
• Postcomm - all submissions (external link)
  
  
• Postwatch: response to phase 1  (90KB)
  
  
• Postwatch: supplementary submission  (104KB)
  
  
• Postwatch: response to phase 2  (183KB)

You should note that since submitting its evidence Postwatch, the postal services consumer body, has now merged with the National Consumer Council and Energywatch to form a new consumer representation body, Consumer Focus, to champion the rights of consumers across a number of sectors.

• Royal Mail - all submissions (external link)
  
  
• TNT Post UK Limited  (63KB)
  
  
• UK Mail  (23KB)
  
  
• UK Mail: response to phase 2  (61KB)
  
  
• Unite CMA (external link to PDF 118KB)
  
  
• Unite CMA: response to phase 2  (48KB)