Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make it her policy to maintain the existing terms of the universal service obligation for Royal Mail delivery services.

The Government is committed to ensuring the provision of a financially sustainable and accessible universal postal service which meets consumer needs.

The Government will consider any recommendations that Ofcom puts forward, but we have made clear the importance of maintaining a Saturday delivery service and we are not currently minded to introduce new legislation to change the current obligations on postal deliveries.