Select committee: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee
Conclusion 9
2nd Report - The regulation of postal services
Published 22 May 2026
Addressed to Department for Business and Trade
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
We respect Ofcom’s operational independence, and in the first instance it should be for the regulator itself to reform its approach. However, Ofcom is ultimately given its remit by Parliament. This remit can be changed. (Conclusion, Paragraph 22)
From: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee, 2nd Report - The regulation of postal services (HC 131), 22 May 2026
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 20 October 2026 (deadline 22 July 2026).