1.   If letter delivery is opened up to competition, Jones said the government must require universal delivery and pricing to customers, or only urban regions will be serviced.

2.   Norton said Securicor would focus on business-to-business service if letter delivery was deregulated.

3.   In the face of national post strikes, he suspended a Post Office monopoly on letter delivery across Britain.

4.   In the face of national post strikes, Trade and Industry Secretary Ian Lang suspended a Post Office monopoly on letter delivery across Britain.

5.   Under the previous suspension of the monopoly of letter deliveries, no private firms were tempted into the market.

6.   Some are pushing to end the monopoly on letter delivery, while others want to sell the operation to make it fully private.