Extract from DBEIS
Questions: Royal Mail Privatisation
(North West Leicestershire)
(Con): Does the Minister agree that, regardless of
ownership, Royal Mail needs to continue to modernise and become
more efficient, because it operates in an increasingly
competitive marketplace?
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business,
Energy and Industrial Strategy (Margot James): My hon.
Friend makes a very good point. When Royal Mail was privatised,
Amazon was one of Royal Mail’s biggest customers; Amazon is now
one of its biggest competitors. So he is absolutely right. More
investment in technology and modernisation is required if Royal
Mail is to maintain its market position.
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Questions: Taylor Review
(Salford and Eccles)
(Lab): Recent reports uncovered the fact that people
driving on behalf of Amazon were forced to deliver up to 200
parcels a day while earning less than the minimum wage. With
impossible schedules that left little to no time for breaks and
no access to paid holidays or sick pay, many drivers experienced
conditions that could be described as Dickensian. As yet another
high-profile employment case emerges, why are the Government not
taking robust action to crack down on bogus self-employment and
to enforce employment rights?
: The hon. Lady puts
her finger on precisely why the Prime Minister commissioned the
Taylor review in the first place. When employers are indulging in
practices such as those the hon. Lady outlines there will
definitely be a deleterious effect on employees’ health, and they
should be roundly condemned.
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