Local Street Names (EDM1759)

Local Street Names

EDM number 1759 in 2003-04, proposed by Brian Cotter on 18/10/2004.

That this House notes the inconvenience and distress caused by local authorities giving a new street a name that is similar or identical to the name of another street in the same area; recognises that problems arising from this can include missing credit card bills, the unwanted and unauthorised change of utility suppliers and bailiffs trying to repossess the wrong person's property; therefore calls on local authorities to take greater note of the Street Name Plates and the Numbering of Premises guidelines, as issued by the then Department of Transport in 1993; urges local authorities to consult with Royal Mail when considering new street names, as advised by the guidelines; and stresses the importance to both Royal Mail and the emergency services for local authorities not to give new streets similar names to exiting roads that are in the same locality.

This motion has been signed by a total of 31 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Brian Cotter	18/10/2004	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Bob Russell	19/10/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	19/10/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	19/10/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	19/10/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Syd Rapson	20/10/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	20/10/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	20/10/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	20/10/2004	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	20/10/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Brian White	20/10/2004	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	21/10/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	21/10/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	21/10/2004	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	21/10/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iris Robinson	21/10/2004	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Nigel Jones	21/10/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Prentice	25/10/2004	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	25/10/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Chris Bryant	26/10/2004	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	26/10/2004	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	26/10/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	26/10/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	26/10/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	27/10/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	27/10/2004	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	01/11/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Edward Garnier	01/11/2004	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Tony McWalter	04/11/2004	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/11/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	17/11/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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