Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Anna Sabine (Liberal Democrat), on Monday, 10 February 2025, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 39 members in total.

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Royal Mail's universal service obligation

That this House expresses its concern over Ofcom’s proposed changes to Royal Mail’s universal service obligation which would allow Royal Mail to alternate second-class deliveries, scrap second-class deliveries on Saturday and reduce delivery targets for first and second-class post; acknowledges the importance of a reliable Royal Mail service for rural communities, the elderly, disabled and the vulnerable; laments that many households are not receiving an adequate level of postal and parcel service, often missing important post including medical appointments, prescriptions and bills; calls on the Government and Ofcom to work with Royal Mail to improve the quality of service, delivery targets and staff retention; and further acknowledges all the work that postal works and deliverers do for the community.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

780 

Session

2024-26

Other sponsors

Wera Hobhouse

Jim Shannon

Ayoub Khan

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Christine Jardine

Subjects

Postal services Standards Royal Mail Universal service obligation

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk