The British House of Commons called the address database sale to the Royal Mail is the wrong decision

Recently, the British House of Commons Committee condemned the government, said the address database into the privatisation process decision was a mistake.
The Commission said in a report, postcode address file (PAF) should be as a public database to save, for the public interest and the majority of British economic interests, it is state property, should be free for all to use.
MPs said, the British government and the Royal Mail has pledged in 2013 October, the listed companies, small companies can continue to use the postal code name and address file, but the report's evidence questioned.
The committee said, by zip code name and address file disposal as push up the price of Royal Mail chips will hinder the innovation and development of the British economy.
Lawmakers agreed: "this is Privatization unacceptable and unnecessary, contrary to public data and representation and Prime Minister David Cameron, not by large international companies take the remarks. The postal code name and address file and the Royal Mail sold together was a mistake. The British government must never make the same mistake. Public access to public domain data rights will never sell."
In 2013 July, Royal Mail announced its code name and address file will be available for independent micro enterprises (turnover less than 2000000 pounds a year free use). But the public data company FlyingBinary told lawmakers, considering the dependence of postal code name and address file data will be the promotion of products to the market a few months time, free use of the Royal Mail a year simply can not solve the problem.
FlyingBinary CEO JacquiTayor told lawmakers, for small businesses, privatisation, postcode address file data does not guarantee future price.
The ministers to the Commission said, the British government's decision is a postal code name and address file is part of the Royal Mail "". Commerce secretary MichaelFallon said: "it is the Royal Mail to the survival of the fundamental operation of property. The Royal Mail has collected the data, is also responsible for real-time updates. The Royal Mail has paid a great cost in the collection, maintenance and update these data. Only let the royal mail fee compensation from the use of these data, some of the cost, it seems reasonable."
But lawmakers said, the Danish government information display, Denmark will public address database allocation for public data, is expected to return than data will be paid for public use and high maintenance cost 40 times.
MYEX Minya Express International
2014-04-12