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  Royal Mail - Rapid partial privatization - rejected
  
  --- MOTION EFFECT ---
  
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted against the motion:
  
  **This House 
  * ''welcomes'' the [http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/sectors/postalservices/review/page45129.html Hooper review] of UK postal services; and 
  * ''urges'' the Government to implement rapidly the review's proposals for the partial privatisation of Royal Mail.
  
  An alternative motion was proposed and voted on in the [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2009-02-11&number=37 next division].  
  
  The Hooper Review recommended a âsingle package of measuresâ including a âstrategic partnershipâ with a private-sector company â effectively part-privatisation of the Royal Mail.[1] 
  
  
  The new Tory MP, [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Edward_Timpson&mpc=Crewe_%26amp%3B_Nantwich Edward Timpson MP], who won the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe_and_Nantwich_by-election,_2008 Crewe and Nantwich byelection] in May 2008 made his first rebellion on this issue.
  
  * [1] [http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/key-issues-for-the-new-parliament/value-for-money-in-public-services/royal-mail-and-the-universal-postal-service/ Parliamentary Research Publication - Royal Mail and the universal postal service].
   
  
  
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