Junior economic affairs minister Henk Bleker is to press ahead with plans to abandon compulsory post deliveries on Monday, he told MPs on Wednesday.

Bleker told parliament the law on postal delivery needs modernising because fewer letters are being posted.
PostNL said last year it wanted to stop Monday deliveries but is currently prevented from doing this by law. At the time a majority of MPs voted against the idea.
Bleker is to send the draft legislation to the Council of State for its recommendations during the summer.
PostNL, a former state-owned monopoly, is currently reorganising its delivery services following the start of cheap competition from budget delivery firms who focus on mass mailings and pay their workers per item delivered rather than a fixed salary.