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  Post Office Services - Supports the Government
  
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  The majority of MPs voted for the motion:
  
  ** This House 
  * ''supports'' the Government's strategy to modernise the way benefits and pensions are paid, and to provide customers with a choice of accounts; 
  * ''welcomes'' the fact that with Direct Payment customers will still be able to collect their cash from the Post Office if they wish using a current account or basic bank account with Post Office access or the Post Office Card Account; 
  * ''notes'' the Government's plans for a cheque payment, cashable at post offices, for people who cannot be paid through an account;
  * ''recognises'' that Direct Payment is a more modern, efficient and secure method of payment which will also help increase financial inclusion; 
  * ''welcomes'' the fact that more customers are now paid through an account than by order book without problems, including nearly six million pensioners; 
  * ''notes'' the previous government's attempt to introduce a Benefit Payment Card, which wasted millions of pounds of tax-payers' money; 
  * ''notes'' the fact that the Post Office had not until recently kept up with changes in customer demand and so had seen transaction volumes dropping and losses increasing; 
  * ''recognises'' the need for change and congratulates the Government for taking decisive action to help turn the business around; 
  * ''welcomes'' the record Â£2 billion investment in the Post Office network over a five-year period, including Â£450 million for the rural network and Â£210 million to modernise the urban network; and 
  * ''believes'' that this will help ensure a viable Post Office network that people will want to use.
  
  
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