Universal Postal Service (Hansard, 5 July 1994)

HC Deb 05 July 1994 vol 246 c116W 116W

§ Mr. Robin Cook
To ask the President of the Board of Trade who will make the definition of the exclusive services which will be offered to the operators of the universal postal service, under the proposed reserved services directive of the European Union.

§ Mr. Heseltine
[holding answer 4 July 1994]: The maximum scope of the reserved area is likely to be defined at Community level, and member states will be free to establish smaller reserved areas if they wish.