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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Postal Services: Universal Service Obligation (26 June 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it remains his policy to maintain the Royal Mail Universal Service Obligation.

Asked by:
Charlotte Nichols (Labour)

Answer

The Universal Service Obligation is set out in the Postal Services Act 2011.

There is a clear and transparent process for how changes to the universal service obligation would be considered and any change would need to be made through secondary legislation and agreed by Parliament.


Answered by:
Paul Scully (Conservative)
6 July 2020

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