Public Ownership Of Royal Mail
EDM number 548 in 2005-06, proposed by John Grogan on 11/07/2005.
That this House welcomes the commitment from the Government in its General Election manifesto that `...we have given the Royal Mail greater commercial freedom and have no plans to privatise it. Our ambition is to see a publicly-owned Royal Mail fully restored to good health, providing customers with an excellent service and its employees with rewarding employment. We will review the impact on the Royal Mail of market liberalisation, which is being progressively introduced under the Postal Services Act 2000 and which allows alternative carriers to the Royal Mail to offer postal services'; notes that the industry's regulator, Postcomm, has proposed to initiate a complete liberalisation of the postal market in advance of EU liberalisation and that the regulator has further proposed to introduce an extremely restrictive price control; expresses concern that these two initiatives are being pursued with no reference to the anticipated review of the impact of the Postal Services Act 2000 on the Royal Mail; calls upon the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to initiate the review as soon as possible with the aim of strengthening the ability of Royal Mail to retain the Universal Service Obligation; and urges the Royal Mail and the Government to agree a business plan which is in line with the commitment given in the General Election manifesto and which provides for a successful publicly-owned Royal Mail with all shares continuing to be owned by the Government.
This motion has been signed by a total of 214 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
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| John Grogan | 11/07/2005 | Selby | Labour | Proposed |
| Paul Farrelly | 11/07/2005 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Labour | Seconded |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 11/07/2005 | Luton North | Labour | Seconded |
| Geraldine Smith | 11/07/2005 | Morecambe & Lunesdale | Labour | Seconded |
| Sadiq Khan | 11/07/2005 | Tooting | Labour | Seconded |
| Michael Connarty | 11/07/2005 | Linlithgow & Falkirk East | Labour | Seconded |
| Mark Fisher | 11/07/2005 | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Labour | Signed |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | 11/07/2005 | Crewe & Nantwich | Labour | Signed |
| David Drew | 11/07/2005 | Stroud | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Doran | 11/07/2005 | Aberdeen North | Labour | Signed |
| Brian H Donohoe | 11/07/2005 | Ayrshire Central | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Dobson | 11/07/2005 | Holborn & St Pancras | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Davidson | 11/07/2005 | Glasgow South West | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Cryer | 11/07/2005 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| Jon Cruddas | 11/07/2005 | Dagenham | Labour | Signed |
| Neil Gerrard | 11/07/2005 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Gibson | 11/07/2005 | Norwich North | Labour | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 11/07/2005 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
| Linda Riordan | 11/07/2005 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Wood | 11/07/2005 | Batley & Spen | Labour | Signed |
| Betty Williams | 11/07/2005 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 11/07/2005 | Liverpool, West Derby | Labour | Signed |
| Jon Trickett | 11/07/2005 | Hemsworth | Labour | Signed |
| David Taylor | 11/07/2005 | North West Leicestershire | Labour | Signed |
| Gavin Strang | 11/07/2005 | Edinburgh East | Labour | Signed |
| Clive Betts | 11/07/2005 | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Labour | Signed |
| David Hamilton | 11/07/2005 | Midlothian | Labour | Signed |
| David Crausby | 11/07/2005 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 11/07/2005 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 11/07/2005 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
| Kevan Jones | 11/07/2005 | North Durham | Labour | Signed |
| Glenda Jackson | 11/07/2005 | Hampstead & Highgate | Labour | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 11/07/2005 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Iddon | 11/07/2005 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
| Kate Hoey | 11/07/2005 | Vauxhall | Labour | Signed |
| Marsha Singh | 11/07/2005 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 11/07/2005 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Ken Purchase | 11/07/2005 | Wolverhampton North East | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Kilfoyle | 11/07/2005 | Liverpool, Walton | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Lloyd | 11/07/2005 | Manchester Central | Labour | Signed |
| Rob Marris | 11/07/2005 | Wolverhampton South West | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Cook | 11/07/2005 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 11/07/2005 | Leyton & Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Clapham | 11/07/2005 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Challen | 11/07/2005 | Morley & Rothwell | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Burgon | 11/07/2005 | Elmet | Labour | Signed |
| Austin Mitchell | 11/07/2005 | Great Grimsby | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Meacher | 11/07/2005 | Oldham West & Royton | Labour | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 11/07/2005 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| Eric Martlew | 11/07/2005 | Carlisle | Labour | Signed |
| Lynda Waltho | 12/07/2005 | Stourbridge | Labour | Signed |
| Katy Clark | 12/07/2005 | Ayrshire North & Arran | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Hancock | 12/07/2005 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Martin Caton | 12/07/2005 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
| Ann McKechin | 12/07/2005 | Glasgow North | Labour | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 12/07/2005 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Sheridan | 12/07/2005 | Paisley & Renfrewshire North | Labour | Signed |
| Julie Morgan | 12/07/2005 | Cardiff North | Labour | Signed |
| Hywel Francis | 13/07/2005 | Aberavon | Labour | Signed |
| Jeff Ennis | 13/07/2005 | Barnsley East & Mexborough | Labour | Signed |
| David Marshall | 13/07/2005 | Glasgow East | Labour | Signed |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 13/07/2005 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Joan Humble | 13/07/2005 | Blackpool North & Fleetwood | Labour | Signed |
| Lady Hermon | 13/07/2005 | North Down | UUP | Signed |
| Ian Austin | 14/07/2005 | Dudley North | Labour | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 14/07/2005 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| David Borrow | 14/07/2005 | South Ribble | Labour | Signed |
| Anne Begg | 14/07/2005 | Aberdeen South | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Durkan | 18/07/2005 | Foyle | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Jim Dobbin | 18/07/2005 | Heywood & Middleton | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Dismore | 18/07/2005 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
| Eddie McGrady | 18/07/2005 | South Down | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Gordon Marsden | 18/07/2005 | Blackpool South | Labour | Signed |
| Helen Jones | 18/07/2005 | Warrington North | Labour | Signed |
| David Clelland | 19/07/2005 | Tyne Bridge | Labour | Signed |
| John Cummings | 19/07/2005 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
| Janet Dean | 19/07/2005 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Dowd | 19/07/2005 | Lewisham West | Labour | Signed |
| Graham Stringer | 19/07/2005 | Manchester, Blackley | Labour | Signed |
| Hywel Williams | 19/07/2005 | Caernarfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | 19/07/2005 | Durham, City of | Labour | Signed |
| Andy Slaughter | 19/07/2005 | | | Signed |
| Anne Snelgrove | 19/07/2005 | South Swindon | Labour | Signed |
| Alison Seabeck | 19/07/2005 | Plymouth, Devonport | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Clarke | 19/07/2005 | Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill | Labour | Signed |
| Ronnie Campbell | 19/07/2005 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Gregory Campbell | 19/07/2005 | East Londonderry | DUP | Signed |
| Gwyn Prosser | 19/07/2005 | Dover | Labour | Signed |
| Clare Short | 19/07/2005 | Birmingham, Ladywood | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Hesford | 19/07/2005 | Wirral West | Labour | Signed |
| David Heyes | 19/07/2005 | Ashton-under-Lyne | Labour | Signed |
| Jimmy Hood | 19/07/2005 | Lanark & Hamilton East | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Love | 19/07/2005 | Edmonton | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Olner | 19/07/2005 | Nuneaton | Labour | Signed |
| Sandra Osborne | 19/07/2005 | Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock | Labour | Signed |
| Albert Owen | 19/07/2005 | Ynys M | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Burden | 19/07/2005 | Birmingham, Northfield | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 20/07/2005 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
| Janet Anderson | 20/07/2005 | Rossendale & Darwen | Labour | Signed |
| Gisela Stuart | 20/07/2005 | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Walley | 20/07/2005 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
| Derek Wyatt | 20/07/2005 | Sittingbourne & Sheppey | Labour | Signed |
| David Anderson | 20/07/2005 | Blaydon | Labour | Signed |
| Helen Goodman | 20/07/2005 | Bishop Auckland | Labour | Signed |
| Sian James | 20/07/2005 | Swansea East | Labour | Signed |
| James McGovern | 20/07/2005 | Dundee West | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Field | 20/07/2005 | Birkenhead | Labour | Signed |
| Clive Efford | 20/07/2005 | Eltham | Labour | Signed |
| Greg Pope | 20/07/2005 | Hyndburn | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Ruddock | 20/07/2005 | Lewisham, Deptford | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Hepburn | 20/07/2005 | Jarrow | Labour | Signed |
| Gerald Kaufman | 20/07/2005 | Manchester, Gorton | Labour | Signed |
| Sally Keeble | 20/07/2005 | Northampton North | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Keen | 20/07/2005 | Feltham & Heston | Labour | Signed |
| David Lepper | 20/07/2005 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour | Signed |
| Chris McCafferty | 20/07/2005 | Calder Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Angela Eagle | 20/07/2005 | Wallasey | Labour | Signed |
| David Chaytor | 21/07/2005 | Bury North | Labour | Signed |
| Louise Ellman | 21/07/2005 | Liverpool, Riverside | Labour | Signed |
| Hugh Bayley | 21/07/2005 | York, City of | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Truswell | 21/07/2005 | Pudsey | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Soulsby | 21/07/2005 | Leicester South | Labour | Signed |
| Edward O'Hara | 21/07/2005 | Knowsley South | Labour | Signed |
| Laura Moffatt | 21/07/2005 | Crawley | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Miller | 21/07/2005 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | Labour | Signed |
| Martyn Jones | 21/07/2005 | Clwyd South | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Jenkins | 21/07/2005 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
| Lindsay Hoyle | 21/07/2005 | Chorley | Labour | Signed |
| John Smith | 21/07/2005 | Vale of Glamorgan | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Prentice | 21/07/2005 | Pendle | Labour | Signed |
| Keith Vaz | 10/10/2005 | Leicester East | Labour | Signed |
| Howard Stoate | 10/10/2005 | Dartford | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Berry | 10/10/2005 | Kingswood | Labour | Signed |
| John Austin | 10/10/2005 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| Fabian Hamilton | 10/10/2005 | Leeds North East | Labour | Signed |
| David Winnick | 10/10/2005 | Walsall North | Labour | Signed |
| Sharon Hodgson | 10/10/2005 | Gateshead East & Washington West | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Banks | 10/10/2005 | Ochil & Perthshire South | Labour | Signed |
| Rosie Cooper | 10/10/2005 | West Lancashire | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Gwynne | 10/10/2005 | Denton & Reddish | Labour | Signed |
| Barbara Keeley | 10/10/2005 | Worsley | Labour | Signed |
| Kerry McCarthy | 10/10/2005 | Bristol East | Labour | Signed |
| Kitty Ussher | 10/10/2005 | Burnley | Labour | Signed |
| Patrick Hall | 10/10/2005 | Bedford | Labour | Signed |
| Graham Allen | 10/10/2005 | Nottingham North | Labour | Signed |
| Phyllis Starkey | 10/10/2005 | Milton Keynes South West | Labour | Signed |
| Dai Havard | 10/10/2005 | Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | Labour | Signed |
| Doug Henderson | 10/10/2005 | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Hendrick | 10/10/2005 | Preston | Labour | Signed |
| George Howarth | 10/10/2005 | Knowsley North & Sefton East | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | 10/10/2005 | Medway | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Mullin | 10/10/2005 | Sunderland South | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 10/10/2005 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 10/10/2005 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Jabez Foster | 10/10/2005 | Hastings & Rye | Labour | Signed |
| George Galloway | 10/10/2005 | Bethnal Green & Bow | Respect | Signed |
| Bruce George | 10/10/2005 | Walsall South | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Godsiff | 10/10/2005 | Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath | Labour | Signed |
| Celia Barlow | 11/10/2005 | Hove | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Williams | 11/10/2005 | Swansea West | Labour | Signed |
| Terry Rooney | 11/10/2005 | Bradford North | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Dodds | 12/10/2005 | Belfast North | DUP | Signed |
| George Mudie | 13/10/2005 | Leeds East | Labour | Signed |
| Anthony D Wright | 13/10/2005 | Great Yarmouth | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Flello | 13/10/2005 | Stoke-on-Trent South | Labour | Signed |
| Helen Southworth | 14/10/2005 | Warrington South | Labour | Signed |
| Dawn Butler | 17/10/2005 | Brent South | Labour | Signed |
| Linda Gilroy | 18/10/2005 | Plymouth, Sutton | Labour | Signed |
| Emily Thornberry | 18/10/2005 | Islington South & Finsbury | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Cousins | 19/10/2005 | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Gapes | 19/10/2005 | Ilford South | Labour | Signed |
| Shahid Malik | 20/10/2005 | Dewsbury | Labour | Signed |
| Meg Hillier | 20/10/2005 | Hackney South & Shoreditch | Labour | Signed |
| Joe Benton | 21/10/2005 | Bootle | Labour | Signed |
| Ben Chapman | 24/10/2005 | Wirral South | Labour | Signed |
| Geoffrey Robinson | 25/10/2005 | Coventry North West | Labour | Signed |
| Piara S Khabra | 26/10/2005 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
| Doug Naysmith | 26/10/2005 | Bristol North West | Labour | Signed |
| John McFall | 31/10/2005 | West Dunbartonshire | Labour | Signed |
| John Battle | 01/11/2005 | Leeds West | Labour | Signed |
| Desmond Turner | 01/11/2005 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
| Diana Johnson | 01/11/2005 | Kingston upon Hull North | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Devine | 03/11/2005 | Livingston | Labour | Signed |
| Madeleine Moon | 03/11/2005 | Bridgend | Labour | Signed |
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry | 03/11/2005 | Portsmouth North | Labour | Signed |
| Nia Griffith | 03/11/2005 | Llanelli | Labour | Signed |
| Lyn Brown | 03/11/2005 | West Ham | Labour | Signed |
| Rosemary McKenna | 03/11/2005 | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Laxton | 09/11/2005 | Derby North | Labour | Signed |
| Jeffrey M Donaldson | 09/11/2005 | Lagan Valley | DUP | Signed |
| Russell Brown | 10/11/2005 | Dumfries & Galloway | Labour | Signed |
| Sammy Wilson | 11/11/2005 | East Antrim | DUP | Signed |
| Denis Murphy | 14/11/2005 | Wansbeck | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Wright | 15/11/2005 | Cannock Chase | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Lazarowicz | 16/11/2005 | Edinburgh North & Leith | Labour | Signed |
| Nick Brown | 16/11/2005 | Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend | Labour | Signed |
| Fraser Kemp | 17/11/2005 | Houghton & Washington East | Labour | Signed |
| Ashok Kumar | 21/11/2005 | Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew MacKinlay | 22/11/2005 | Thurrock | Labour | Signed |
| John MacDougall | 22/11/2005 | Glenrothes | Labour | Signed |
| Mohammad Sarwar | 22/11/2005 | Glasgow Central | Labour | Signed |
| Anne Moffat | 22/11/2005 | East Lothian | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Ruane | 29/11/2005 | Vale of Clwyd | Labour | Signed |
| Alasdair McDonnell | 07/12/2005 | Belfast South | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Adam Price | 08/12/2005 | Carmarthen East & Dinefwr | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Judy Mallaber | 12/12/2005 | Amber Valley | Labour | Signed |
| William McCrea | 14/12/2005 | South Antrim | DUP | Signed |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | 09/01/2006 | Crosby | Labour | Signed |
| John Spellar | 11/01/2006 | Warley | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Murphy | 17/01/2006 | Torfaen | Labour | Signed |
| Natascha Engel | 17/01/2006 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Salter | 24/01/2006 | Reading West | Labour | Signed |
| Charlotte Atkins | 09/02/2006 | Staffordshire Moorlands | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Stewart | 23/05/2006 | Eccles | Labour | Signed |
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