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UK Parliament · Public Bill · No. 0765

Postal Services Act 2011

[As Introduced]
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<p>The Bill's provisions are divided into four main parts.</p><ul><li>Part 1 provides for the restructuring of Royal Mail, including the introduction of private sector capital and expertise from the sale of up to 90% of Royal Mail, an employee share scheme and provisions for Post Office Ltd to continue to be owned by the Crown or a mutual ownership structure </li><li>Part 2 deals with the Royal Mail&rsquo;s pension deficit by transferring the historic liabilities of the scheme to the Government</li><li>Part 3 makes provisions for the regulatory arrangements for postal services through the transfer of powers from Postcomm to Ofcom</li><li>Part 4 contains provisions for a &ldquo;special administrative regime&rdquo; should the universal postal service be at risk from the provider entering insolvency proceedings</li></ul>

Presented by Vince Cable
supported by Baroness Wilcox.
✓ Passed into lawPublicCommonsRoyal Assent
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Bill passage

Commons

  • 1st reading13 Oct 2010
  • 2nd reading27 Oct 2010
  • Committee stage9 Nov 2010
  • Report stage12 Jan 2011
  • 3rd reading12 Jan 2011

Lords

  • 1st reading13 Jan 2011
  • 2nd reading16 Feb 2011
  • Committee stage8 Mar 2011
  • Report stage4 May 2011
  • 3rd reading24 May 2011
Royal Assent13 Jun 2011