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Chairman Of The Post Office

EDM number 1439 in 1993-94, proposed by Harry Barnes on 04/07/1994.

That this House condemns Post Office Chairman, Michael Heron, for failing to stand up for the Post Office as a publicly-owned community service by his recent welcoming of the Government's recommendation in a Green Paper to sell off its majority share; notes that the Government's view has not been approved by Parliament and there will now be a period of consultation in which politicians and the public alike can respond; believes that large salaries are not paid to public servants like Mr Heron to pre-empt public consultation; recognises that such public servants should carry out the will of Government if, and only if, it has been approved by Parliament, further notes that privatisation has not been agreed by Parliament and that it is only one option amongst many; further recognises that public opinion polls show that the vast majority of people want to keep the Post Office in the public sector, even if it should also be allowed commercial freedom to raise capital and meet growing competition; and urges the Post Office chairman to issue a public apology for this dereliction of his duty to the public.

This motion has been signed by a total of 61 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Harry Barnes04/07/1994North East DerbyshireProposed
David Hanson05/07/1994DelynSigned
Dennis Turner05/07/1994Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Paddy Tipping05/07/1994SherwoodSigned
Gerry Steinberg05/07/1994Durham, City ofSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie05/07/1994Glasgow, PollokSigned
Jim Dowd05/07/1994Lewisham WestSigned
John Cummings05/07/1994EasingtonSigned
Jean Corston05/07/1994Bristol EastSigned
David Clelland05/07/1994Tyne BridgeSigned
Eric Clarke05/07/1994MidlothianSigned
Keith Bradley05/07/1994Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Bill Michie05/07/1994Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Alan Meale05/07/1994MansfieldSigned
Eric Martlew05/07/1994CarlisleSigned
Eddie Loyden05/07/1994Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Ken Livingstone05/07/1994Brent EastSigned
Lynne Jones05/07/1994Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Eric Illsley05/07/1994Barnsley CentralSigned
Colin Pickthall05/07/1994West LancashireSigned
Hugh Bayley06/07/1994York, City ofSigned
John Battle06/07/1994Leeds WestSigned
Win Griffiths06/07/1994BridgendSigned
Tommy Graham06/07/1994Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Norman Godman06/07/1994Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
John Evans06/07/1994St Helens NorthSigned
William McKelvey06/07/1994Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
John McAllion06/07/1994Dundee EastSigned
Roy Hughes06/07/1994Newport EastSigned
Dennis Skinner06/07/1994BolsoverSigned
Ernie Ross06/07/1994Dundee WestSigned
Gordon Prentice06/07/1994PendleSigned
Robert Parry06/07/1994Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Ian McCartney06/07/1994MakerfieldSigned
Peter Pike07/07/1994BurnleySigned
Bridget Prentice07/07/1994Lewisham EastSigned
Barry Jones07/07/1994Alyn & DeesideSigned
Anne Campbell07/07/1994CambridgeSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours07/07/1994WorkingtonSigned
Tom Cox07/07/1994TootingSigned
Paul Flynn07/07/1994Newport WestSigned
Jeremy Corbyn08/07/1994Islington NorthSigned
Alan Wynne Williams11/07/1994CarmarthenSigned
Peter Hardy11/07/1994WentworthSigned
Janet Anderson11/07/1994Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Martin Redmond12/07/1994Don ValleySigned
Robert Litherland12/07/1994Manchester CentralSigned
Joan Walley12/07/1994Stoke-on-Trent NorthSigned
Audrey Wise13/07/1994PrestonSigned
Robert Wareing13/07/1994Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Tony Banks13/07/1994Newham North WestSigned
Mike Hall13/07/1994Warrington SouthSigned
Michael Clapham13/07/1994Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Jim Cunningham14/07/1994Coventry South EastSigned
Bill Etherington14/07/1994Sunderland NorthSigned
Tony Benn18/07/1994ChesterfieldSigned
Jack Thompson19/07/1994WansbeckSigned
Mike Gapes20/07/1994Ilford SouthSigned
John Gunnell20/07/1994Leeds South and MorleySigned
Joe Benton20/07/1994BootleSigned
John Heppell21/07/1994Nottingham EastSigned

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