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Cost Of Parcel Post Deliveries To The Highlands And Islands

EDM number 528 in 2006-07, proposed by Alistair Carmichael on 18/12/2006.

That this House deplores the extra burden placed on people living in the Highlands and Islands by companies imposing excessive and discriminatory delivery charges; notes that it is unnecessary for businesses to levy these high charges because the Royal Mail Parcel Service delivers goods at a standard rate throughout the UK, including Scotland's island communities; further notes that this practice has developed since the deregulation of the parcel post market in the 1990s; and calls on the Government to prohibit businesses from refusing to deliver to certain parts of the UK and place an obligation on companies to use the most affordable delivery method when it is requested by customers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alistair Carmichael18/12/2006Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratProposed
Charles Kennedy18/12/2006Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSeconded
John Leech18/12/2006Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Danny Alexander18/12/2006Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSeconded
John Thurso18/12/2006Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLiberal DemocratSeconded
Alan Reid18/12/2006Argyll and ButeLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley19/12/2006Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Stephen Williams19/12/2006Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Alex Salmond08/01/2007Banff and BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Andrew Stunell08/01/2007Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Angus MacNeil08/01/2007Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Greg Pope09/01/2007HyndburnLabourSigned
John McDonnell09/01/2007Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton09/01/2007MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Lindsay Hoyle10/01/2007ChorleyLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd10/01/2007Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Kate Hoey15/01/2007VauxhallLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins15/01/2007TamworthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins16/01/2007Luton NorthLabourSigned
Lady Hermon17/01/2007North DownUUPSigned
David Hamilton17/01/2007MidlothianLabourSigned
Katy Clark17/01/2007North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Alan Simpson18/01/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington18/01/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Malcolm Bruce19/01/2007GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey22/01/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell22/01/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
John Hemming24/01/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Dodds25/01/2007Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Jo Swinson01/02/2007East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
John Barrett19/02/2007Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Gregory Campbell14/03/2007East LondonderryDUPSigned

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