division_name: Opposition Day &#8212; [5th Allotted Day] &#8212; Royal Mail
motion: <p class="" pid="b.1436.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b.1436.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House welcomes the Hooper review of UK postal services; and urges the Government to implement rapidly the review's proposals for the partial privatisation of Royal Mail.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="b.1443.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from "House" to the end of the Question and add:</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b.1443.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">"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."</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1478.10/1" pwmotiontext="yes"> Question put (<phrase class="standing-order" code="31(2)" pwmotiontext="yes">Standing Order No. 31(2)</phrase>), That the original words stand part of the Question.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1478.10/2" pwmotiontext="yes"><i> The House divided:</i> Ayes 151, Noes 376.</p>