Brian Binley MP for Northampton South is delighted that his campaign to keep the Universal Service Obligation as part of the Postal Service Bill for the next ten years has been a success.
The Minister for Postal Services, Ed Davey, has today announced that the Universal Service Obligation will be secured for the next ten years as part of a raft of amendments to the Postal Services Bill.
Brian sponsored an amendment during the Committee Stage of the Bill in the House of Commons which stated that the Universal Service Obligation should remain for ten years rather than 18 months as the Government had planned.
Following sizeable support for the measure in the House of Commons vote, Brian continued his campaign when the Bill hit the House of Lords tabling an Earl Day Motion in the House of Commons which 162 MP’s supported including 47 MP’s coalition Members.
Brian said: “I am delighted that this campaign has been a success. The Universal Service Obligation is vital to many rural Post Offices survival and I am sure they will be relieved to hear that the USO is secure for a further ten years.”
“I have fought hard against Post Office closures in Northampton under the previous Labour Government and I was prepared to fight my own Government on the issue again.”
“To many people the daily visit from the postman and the liveried red vans that run around the streets along with local Post Offices are the very fabric of many of our communities up and down the Country.”
“It would have been sad to see that fabric torn and frayed by the decision not to have a USO for a further ten years.”
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