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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.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Brian Cotter18/10/2004Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratProposed
Bob Russell19/10/2004ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones19/10/2004Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Mike Hancock19/10/2004Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
David Taylor19/10/2004North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Syd Rapson20/10/2004Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Paul Marsden20/10/2004Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore20/10/2004HendonLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley20/10/2004Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Rudi Vis20/10/2004Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Brian White20/10/2004North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Janet Dean21/10/2004BurtonLabourSigned
Paul Tyler21/10/2004North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch21/10/2004HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Hughes21/10/2004North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Iris Robinson21/10/2004StrangfordDUPSigned
Nigel Jones21/10/2004CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Prentice25/10/2004PendleLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins25/10/2004Luton NorthLabourSigned
Chris Bryant26/10/2004RhonddaLabourSigned
Jane Griffiths26/10/2004Reading EastLabourSigned
Tom Brake26/10/2004Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Rob Marris26/10/2004Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Paul Holmes26/10/2004ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Kevin McNamara27/10/2004Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Frank Cook27/10/2004Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer01/11/2004KeighleyLabourSigned
Edward Garnier01/11/2004HarboroughConservativeSigned
Tony McWalter04/11/2004Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Bill Etherington09/11/2004Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Patsy Calton17/11/2004CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned

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