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HANSARDPost Office LtdI thank the hon. Lady for her work; the all-party parliamentary group on post offices does a tremendous job. The phrase used in the statement was “mutual consent”, but it is fair…29 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office LtdYes, I can confirm that there was no severance payment. I do not think it is fair to say that we do not think the arm’s length model works. Clearly, we have the right to terminate…29 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office LtdI am sorry to hear about the hon. Member’s particular case. The most important thing we can do is to get compensation to those people as quickly as possible. We have the first…29 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office LtdThat is certainly of concern to the Government as well. The inquiry is there to ascertain exactly who did what, or who did not do anything when they could have done something. The…29 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office LtdI thank the hon. Member, and I thank Della Robinson for her work. She was one of the trailblazers who were so important in getting to where we are today and to our getting…29 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office LtdIt certainly was not something that we wanted to do on a weekend. There was a chance that it would come into the public domain by other means, which is why a conversation had to…29 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office LtdI agree with the hon. Lady. We need sustainable post offices, and that is about revenue. There have been changes in consumer habits and business levels, which have caused…29 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office LtdI thank my hon. Friend for his work on the Select Committee. I was present for his line of questioning during that session. The chief executive committed to providing responses to…29 Jan 2024HANSARDShared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) BillEmployment law is a devolved matter for Northern Ireland, I understand, but we will continue those conversations. I note his point about an Order in Council, and we will take…26 Jan 2024HANSARDShared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) BillI thank my hon. Friend for those points. As the hon. Member for Ogmore stated, bereavement affects all of us. Society is probably more open than it was when I was a young child,…26 Jan 2024HANSARDShared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) BillMy hon. Friend has great experience, and it is great to hear from people with experience at the sharp end of business. It is not an easy place to be. I had a fairly long business…26 Jan 2024HANSARDShared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) BillMay I first thank the hon. Member for Ogmore (Chris Elmore) for bringing the Bill before the House, and all the other hon. Members who have spoken on this important matter today?…26 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend has done a fantastic job with the campaign, and has made huge progress towards ensuring that best practice is followed by suppliers. Of course I shall be happy to…25 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, I would be very happy to meet. There are three compensation schemes and it depends on which one she falls into. If it is the group litigation order, an immediate award of…25 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman is right to raise this issue. The service has not been satisfactory, and Royal Mail has been fined £5.6 million by Ofcom as a result. It has employed 3,000 more…25 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for that question. It is clearly up to businesses to decide if they want to trial a four-day week. We have made no assessment of any results. It is our…25 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his work on this matter, which he and I have discussed on many occasions. The limits are there to try to prevent money laundering, but it is…25 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises an very interesting point. We have looked at this particular situation with interest and will continue to monitor it. Clearly, Asda is a private company and…25 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman raises an interesting point. I am very happy to write to him about it.25 Jan 2024HANSARDCo-operatives and Social EnterprisesPersonally, I am a big fan of co-operative movements and the regional mutual bank system in Germany, which I have spoken about many times in this place. Of course, the Government…25 Jan 2024