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Royal Mail
Stephen Hammond:
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions he has had with
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ministerial colleagues in the Treasury on the tax treatment of employees of Royal Mail arising from a distribution of shares in Royal Mail to those employees. [46912]
Barry Gardiner: There have been no such discussions.
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many bicycles each Royal Mail delivery office has for their work; and if the Royal Mail will increase the use of bicycles for delivery. [47369]
Barry Gardiner: This is an operational matter for Royal Mail Plc. The chief executive has been asked to reply direct to my hon. Friend.
State-owned Enterprises
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment the Government have made of the extent to which new investment has been withdrawn as a result of the EU ban on investing in state-owned enterprises. [48889]
Mr. Sutcliffe: There is no ban on investment in state-owned enterprises. State investment in any company whether publicly or privately owned must comply with the European state aid rules.
Statutory Instruments
John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the statutory instruments introduced by his Department since 6 May 2005. [46207]
Alan Johnson: The OPSI (HMSO) SI Registrar (siregistrar@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk) can provide a list of statutory instruments issued by individual Departments. Statutory Instruments which have been originated by Departments but eventually made by the Privy Council Office, are only listed under the Privy Council Office.
During the period 6 May 2005 to 2 February 2006 my Department registered 68 Statutory Instruments with the SI Registrar (one of which was a Privy Council Order). These are listed as follows:
2005 1865 Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations
2005 3103 Monopolies and Restrictive Practices (Dental Goods), (Imported Hardwood and Softwood Timber) and (Estate Agents) (Revocation) Order
2005 3347 Competition Act 1998 (Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption) (Amendment) Order
2005 2242 Electricity (Exemption from the Requirement for a Generation Licence) (England and Wales) Order
2005 2243 Company Auditors (Recognition Orders) (Application Fees) and the Companies Act 1989 (Recognised Supervisory Bodies) (Periodical Fees) (Revocation) Regulations
2005 2421 Employment Code of Practice (Access and Unfair Practices during Recognition and Derecognition Ballots) Order
2005 1985 Insurance Accounts Directive (Miscellaneous Insurance Undertakings) (Amendment) Regulations
2005 3129 Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Overseas Relationships and Consequential, etc. Amendments) Order
2005 2748 Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations
2006 35 Copyright (Certification of Licensing Scheme for Educational Recording of Broadcasts and Cable Programmes) (Educational Recording Agency Limited) Order
2005 3431 European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (WIPO Copyright Treaty and WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty) Order
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