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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.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Grogan11/07/2005SelbyLabourProposed
Michael Connarty11/07/2005Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSeconded
Sadiq Khan11/07/2005TootingLabourSeconded
Geraldine Smith11/07/2005Morecambe and LunesdaleLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins11/07/2005Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Paul Farrelly11/07/2005Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSeconded
Ken Purchase11/07/2005Wolverhampton North EastLabourSigned
Alan Simpson11/07/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Marsha Singh11/07/2005Bradford WestLabourSigned
Kate Hoey11/07/2005VauxhallLabourSigned
Brian Iddon11/07/2005Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Eric Illsley11/07/2005Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson11/07/2005Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Kevan Jones11/07/2005North DurhamLabourSigned
Lynne Jones11/07/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Peter Kilfoyle11/07/2005Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd11/07/2005Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Rob Marris11/07/2005Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Eric Martlew11/07/2005CarlisleLabourSigned
John McDonnell11/07/2005Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Michael Meacher11/07/2005Oldham West and RoytonLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell11/07/2005Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Colin Burgon11/07/2005ElmetLabourSigned
Colin Challen11/07/2005Morley and RothwellLabourSigned
Michael Clapham11/07/2005Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Harry Cohen11/07/2005Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Frank Cook11/07/2005Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn11/07/2005Islington NorthLabourSigned
David Crausby11/07/2005Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Jon Cruddas11/07/2005DagenhamLabourSigned
Ann Cryer11/07/2005KeighleyLabourSigned
Ian Davidson11/07/2005Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Frank Dobson11/07/2005Holborn and St PancrasLabourSigned
Brian H Donohoe11/07/2005Central AyrshireLabourSigned
Frank Doran11/07/2005Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
David Drew11/07/2005StroudLabourSigned
Gwyneth Dunwoody11/07/2005Crewe & NantwichLabourSigned
Mark Fisher11/07/2005Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard11/07/2005WalthamstowLabourSigned
Ian Gibson11/07/2005Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Diane Abbott11/07/2005Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
David Hamilton11/07/2005MidlothianLabourSigned
Clive Betts11/07/2005Sheffield, AttercliffeLabourSigned
Gavin Strang11/07/2005Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
David Taylor11/07/2005North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Jon Trickett11/07/2005HemsworthLabourSigned
Robert Wareing11/07/2005Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Betty Williams11/07/2005ConwyLabourSigned
Mike Wood11/07/2005Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Linda Riordan11/07/2005HalifaxLabourSigned
Julie Morgan12/07/2005Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan12/07/2005Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner12/07/2005BolsoverLabourSigned
Ann McKechin12/07/2005Glasgow NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton12/07/2005GowerLabourSigned
Mike Hancock12/07/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Katy Clark12/07/2005North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Lynda Waltho12/07/2005StourbridgeLabourSigned
Lady Hermon13/07/2005North DownUUPSigned
Joan Humble13/07/2005Blackpool North and FleetwoodLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd13/07/2005Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
David Marshall13/07/2005Glasgow EastLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis13/07/2005Barnsley East and MexboroughLabourSigned
Hywel Francis13/07/2005AberavonLabourSigned
Anne Begg14/07/2005Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
David Borrow14/07/2005South RibbleLabourSigned
Rudi Vis14/07/2005Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Ian Austin14/07/2005Dudley NorthLabourSigned
Helen Jones18/07/2005Warrington NorthLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden18/07/2005Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady18/07/2005South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Andrew Dismore18/07/2005HendonLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin18/07/2005Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Mark Durkan18/07/2005FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Gwyn Prosser19/07/2005DoverLabourSigned
Clare Short19/07/2005Birmingham, LadywoodLabourSigned
Stephen Hesford19/07/2005Wirral WestLabourSigned
David Heyes19/07/2005Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood19/07/2005Lanark and Hamilton EastLabourSigned
Andrew Love19/07/2005EdmontonLabourSigned
Bill Olner19/07/2005NuneatonLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne19/07/2005Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Albert Owen19/07/2005Ynys MLabourSigned
Richard Burden19/07/2005Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell19/07/2005East LondonderryDUPSigned
Ronnie Campbell19/07/2005Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Tom Clarke19/07/2005Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLabourSigned
David Clelland19/07/2005Tyne BridgeLabourSigned
John Cummings19/07/2005EasingtonLabourSigned
Janet Dean19/07/2005BurtonLabourSigned
Jim Dowd19/07/2005Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Graham Stringer19/07/2005Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Hywel Williams19/07/2005CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Roberta Blackman-Woods19/07/2005City of DurhamLabourSigned
Andy Slaughter19/07/2005Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's BushLabourSigned
Anne Snelgrove19/07/2005South SwindonLabourSigned
Alison Seabeck19/07/2005Plymouth, DevonportLabourSigned
Greg Pope20/07/2005HyndburnLabourSigned
Joan Ruddock20/07/2005Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn20/07/2005JarrowLabourSigned
Gerald Kaufman20/07/2005Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Sally Keeble20/07/2005Northampton NorthLabourSigned
Alan Keen20/07/2005Feltham and HestonLabourSigned
David Lepper20/07/2005Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty20/07/2005Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Angela Eagle20/07/2005WallaseyLabourSigned
Clive Efford20/07/2005ElthamLabourSigned
Frank Field20/07/2005BirkenheadLabourSigned
Paul Flynn20/07/2005Newport WestLabourSigned
Janet Anderson20/07/2005Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Gisela Stuart20/07/2005Birmingham, EdgbastonLabourSigned
Joan Walley20/07/2005Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt20/07/2005Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
David Anderson20/07/2005BlaydonLabourSigned
Helen Goodman20/07/2005Bishop AucklandLabourSigned
Si20/07/2005Swansea EastLabourSigned
Jim McGovern20/07/2005Dundee WestLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice21/07/2005PendleLabourSigned
John Smith21/07/2005Vale of GlamorganLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle21/07/2005ChorleyLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins21/07/2005TamworthLabourSigned
Martyn Jones21/07/2005Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Andrew Miller21/07/2005Ellesmere Port and NestonLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt21/07/2005CrawleyLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara21/07/2005Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
David Chaytor21/07/2005Bury NorthLabourSigned
Louise Ellman21/07/2005Liverpool, RiversideLabourSigned
Hugh Bayley21/07/2005City of YorkLabourSigned
Paul Truswell21/07/2005PudseyLabourSigned
Peter Soulsby21/07/2005Leicester SouthLabourSigned
Phyllis Starkey10/10/2005Milton Keynes South WestLabourSigned
Dai Havard10/10/2005Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Doug Henderson10/10/2005Newcastle upon Tyne NorthLabourSigned
Mark Hendrick10/10/2005PrestonLabourSigned
George Howarth10/10/2005Knowsley North and Sefton EastLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews10/10/2005MedwayLabourSigned
Chris Mullin10/10/2005Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham10/10/2005Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington10/10/2005Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster10/10/2005Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
George Galloway10/10/2005Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Bruce George10/10/2005Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff10/10/2005Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
Graham Allen10/10/2005Nottingham NorthLabourSigned
Patrick Hall10/10/2005BedfordLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton10/10/2005Leeds North EastLabourSigned
John Austin10/10/2005Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Roger Berry10/10/2005KingswoodLabourSigned
Howard Stoate10/10/2005DartfordLabourSigned
Keith Vaz10/10/2005Leicester EastLabourSigned
David Winnick10/10/2005Walsall NorthLabourSigned
Sharon Hodgson10/10/2005Gateshead East and Washington WestLabourSigned
Gordon Banks10/10/2005Ochil and South PerthshireLabourSigned
Rosie Cooper10/10/2005West LancashireLabourSigned
Andrew Gwynne10/10/2005Denton and ReddishLabourSigned
Barbara Keeley10/10/2005WorsleyLabourSigned
Kerry McCarthy10/10/2005Bristol EastLabourSigned
Kitty Ussher10/10/2005BurnleyLabourSigned
Terry Rooney11/10/2005Bradford NorthLabourSigned
Alan Williams11/10/2005Swansea WestLabourSigned
Celia Barlow11/10/2005HoveLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds12/10/2005Belfast NorthDUPSigned
George Mudie13/10/2005Leeds EastLabourSigned
Anthony D Wright13/10/2005Great YarmouthLabourSigned
Robert Flello13/10/2005Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
Helen Southworth14/10/2005Warrington SouthLabourSigned
Dawn Butler17/10/2005Brent SouthLabourSigned
Linda Gilroy18/10/2005Plymouth, SuttonLabourSigned
Emily Thornberry18/10/2005Islington South and FinsburyLabourSigned
Jim Cousins19/10/2005Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Mike Gapes19/10/2005Ilford SouthLabourSigned
Meg Hillier20/10/2005Hackney South and ShoreditchLabourSigned
Shahid Malik20/10/2005DewsburyLabourSigned
Joe Benton21/10/2005BootleLabourSigned
Ben Chapman24/10/2005Wirral SouthLabourSigned
Geoffrey Robinson25/10/2005Coventry North WestLabourSigned
Piara S Khabra26/10/2005Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith26/10/2005Bristol North WestLabourSigned
John McFall31/10/2005West DunbartonshireLabourSigned
John Battle01/11/2005Leeds WestLabourSigned
Desmond Turner01/11/2005Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Diana Johnson01/11/2005Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Rosemary McKenna03/11/2005Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch EastLabourSigned
Lyn Brown03/11/2005West HamLabourSigned
Nia Griffith03/11/2005LlanelliLabourSigned
Sarah McCarthy-Fry03/11/2005Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Madeleine Moon03/11/2005BridgendLabourSigned
Jim Devine03/11/2005LivingstonLabourSigned
Bob Laxton09/11/2005Derby NorthLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson09/11/2005Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Russell Brown10/11/2005Dumfries and GallowayLabourSigned
Sammy Wilson11/11/2005East AntrimDUPSigned
Denis Murphy14/11/2005WansbeckLabourSigned
Tony Wright15/11/2005Cannock ChaseLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz16/11/2005Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Nick Brown16/11/2005Newcastle upon Tyne East and WallsendLabourSigned
Fraser Kemp17/11/2005Houghton and Washington EastLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar21/11/2005Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandLabourSigned
Anne Moffat22/11/2005East LothianLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar22/11/2005Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
John MacDougall22/11/2005GlenrothesLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay22/11/2005ThurrockLabourSigned
Chris Ruane29/11/2005Vale of ClwydLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell07/12/2005Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Adam Price08/12/2005Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Judy Mallaber12/12/2005Amber ValleyLabourSigned
William McCrea14/12/2005South AntrimDUPSigned
Claire Curtis-Thomas09/01/2006CrosbyLabourSigned
John Spellar11/01/2006WarleyLabourSigned
Paul Murphy17/01/2006TorfaenLabourSigned
Natascha Engel17/01/2006North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Martin Salter24/01/2006Reading WestLabourSigned
Charlotte Atkins09/02/2006Staffordshire MoorlandsLabourSigned
Ian Stewart23/05/2006EcclesLabourSigned

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