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  Royal Mail - Notes Conservatives' failure to invest
  
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  The majority of MPs voted in favour of the motion:
  
  ** This House
  * ''notes'' the threats to the future of the Royal Mail and welcomes the conclusion of the Hooper Report that, as part of a plan to place the Royal Mail on a sustainable path for the future, the current six days a week universal service obligation (USO) must be protected, that the primary duty of a new regulator should be to maintain the USO, and that the Government should address the growing pensions deficit; 
  * ''notes'' that modernisation in the Royal Mail is essential and that investment must be found for it; 
  * ''endorses'' the call for a new relationship between management and postal unions; 
  * ''urges'' engagement with relevant stakeholders to secure the Government's commitment to a thriving and prosperous Royal Mail, secure in public ownership, that is able to compete and lead internationally and that preserves the universal postal service; 
  * ''further notes'' the Conservatives' failure to invest in Royal Mail when they were in power in contrast with Labour's support for both Royal Mail and the Post Office; and 
  * ''notes'' that legislation on these issues will be subject to normal parliamentary procedures.
  
  This motion replaced a Conservative Party motion which was rejected in the [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2009-02-11&number=36 previous division] which urged the Government to implement rapidly the proposals for a partial privatization given in the [http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/sectors/postalservices/review/page45129.html Hooper Review].
  
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