Post Offices And Benefit Payments (EDM157)

Post Offices And Benefit Payments

EDM number 157 in 1999-00, proposed by Steve Webb on 07/12/1999.

That this House attaches great importance to the maintenance of a nationwide network of town and village post offices; notes the concerns of the National Federation of Subpostmasters about the implications for the network of the move to benefit payment by Automated Credit Transfer over the period 2003 to 2005; and therefore calls on the Government to offer reassurances to Britain's subpostmasters and subpostmistresses that their livelihoods will not be jeopardised by this change.

This motion has been signed by a total of 139 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Steve Webb	07/12/1999	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
David Drew	07/12/1999	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Seconded
Frank Field	08/12/1999	Birkenhead	Labour	Seconded
Archy Kirkwood	08/12/1999	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Laurence Robertson	08/12/1999	Tewkesbury	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Russell	08/12/1999	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	08/12/1999	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	08/12/1999	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	08/12/1999	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Alan Hurst	08/12/1999	Braintree	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	08/12/1999	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	08/12/1999	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	08/12/1999	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	08/12/1999	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Marsden	08/12/1999	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	08/12/1999	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	08/12/1999	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	08/12/1999	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/12/1999	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	08/12/1999	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cousins	08/12/1999	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	08/12/1999	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	08/12/1999	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Godman	08/12/1999	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	08/12/1999	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	08/12/1999	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	08/12/1999	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	08/12/1999	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Tyler	08/12/1999	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Syd Rapson	09/12/1999	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	09/12/1999	West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	09/12/1999	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	09/12/1999	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Kevin McNamara	09/12/1999	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	09/12/1999	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	09/12/1999	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	09/12/1999	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	09/12/1999	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	09/12/1999	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	09/12/1999	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	09/12/1999	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Austin Mitchell	13/12/1999	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	13/12/1999	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	13/12/1999	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	13/12/1999	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	13/12/1999	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	14/12/1999	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	14/12/1999	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chidgey	14/12/1999	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	14/12/1999	Lagan Valley	UUP	Signed
Jackie Ballard	14/12/1999	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	14/12/1999	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	15/12/1999	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Ray Michie	15/12/1999	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	15/12/1999	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	15/12/1999	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	15/12/1999	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	15/12/1999	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Mark Todd	15/12/1999	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Stephen Ladyman	16/12/1999	South Thanet	Labour	Signed
Bill O'Brien	16/12/1999	Normanton	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	16/12/1999	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Love	20/12/1999	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alasdair Morgan	20/12/1999	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Scottish National Party	Signed
Rudi Vis	20/12/1999	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	10/01/2000	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	10/01/2000	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Richard Livsey	10/01/2000	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	10/01/2000	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	12/01/2000	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Patrick Nicholls	13/01/2000	Teignbridge	Conservative	Signed
Peter Brand	13/01/2000	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Clarke	13/01/2000	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	13/01/2000	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	13/01/2000	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
William Thompson	13/01/2000	West Tyrone	UUP	Signed
Phil Willis	13/01/2000	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Tredinnick	17/01/2000	Bosworth	Conservative	Signed
Linda Perham	24/01/2000	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	27/01/2000	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John Burnett	27/01/2000	Torridge & West Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Greenway	27/01/2000	Ryedale	Conservative	Signed
Gerry Bermingham	27/01/2000	St Helens South	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	31/01/2000	Dover	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rowe	11/02/2000	Faversham & Mid Kent	Conservative	Signed
Russell Brown	16/02/2000	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Ted Rowlands	02/03/2000	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	02/03/2000	Burton	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	08/03/2000	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	10/03/2000	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	14/03/2000	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	16/03/2000	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Wright	22/03/2000	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	27/03/2000	Ynys M	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Tim Loughton	28/03/2000	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Graham Brady	28/03/2000	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
David Rendel	29/03/2000	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	29/03/2000	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	03/04/2000	Ochil	Labour	Signed
David Ruffley	04/04/2000	Bury St Edmunds	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Hesford	04/04/2000	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	04/04/2000	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Christine Butler	05/04/2000	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	05/04/2000	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	05/04/2000	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	06/04/2000	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	06/04/2000	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Stephen O'Brien	06/04/2000	Eddisbury	Conservative	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	06/04/2000	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Margaret Ewing	06/04/2000	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
George Stevenson	06/04/2000	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Ron Davies	07/04/2000	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	07/04/2000	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Llew Smith	11/04/2000	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Seamus Mallon	11/04/2000	Newry & Armagh	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew Miller	11/04/2000	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	11/04/2000	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Michael Spicer	12/04/2000	West Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
David Lepper	12/04/2000	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martin Bell	12/04/2000	Tatton	Independent	Signed
Tony Benn	12/04/2000	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
John D Taylor	12/04/2000	Strangford	UUP	Signed
Ann Winterton	12/04/2000	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Martin Smyth	14/04/2000	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
David Amess	17/04/2000	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
William Ross	18/04/2000	East Londonderry	UUP	Signed
David Chaytor	18/04/2000	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Peter Viggers	20/04/2000	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
Hazel Blears	03/05/2000	Salford	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	04/05/2000	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Julian Brazier	04/05/2000	Canterbury	Conservative	Signed
Diane Abbott	10/05/2000	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Lorna Fitzsimons	18/05/2000	Rochdale	Labour	Signed
John Swinney	06/06/2000	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Sandra Gidley	09/06/2000	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	23/06/2000	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	07/07/2000	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Randall	Unknown			Withdrawn

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