letter to the editor from Richard Corbett MEP |
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27th March 2008 |
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Yorkshire Post |
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Dear Editor, David Buckley claims (letters, 24th March) that the revised EU postal services directive will see blind and partially sighted people lose their right to free postal services. This simply is not true. The original proposal indeed failed to contain a single reference to free services for the blind, but Labour MEPs successfully sought to redress this during the recent discussions to amend it, calling for free postal services for the blind to be included as part of the universal service. As a result, Article 12 of the new directive now states precisely that "Member States may maintain or introduce the provision of a free postal service" for the blind or partially sighted, meaning that NGOs such as the Royal National Institute for Blind People can work with the Government and postal services to ensure that these essential services remain free. Yours, Richard Corbett Labour MEP for Yorkshire & Humber
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