§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many contacts she has had with private sector carriers in the context of the Post Office review. [43807]
§ Mr. Ian McCartneyI met several leading private sector carriers, and a representative organisation (AICES), during the first phase of the review last year. I am also aware of the evidence presented to the Trade and Industry Select Committee last Autumn by certain private sector carriers. Since the announcement of the second phase of the review, my officials have had contact with a number of carriers and have met some of them.