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Post Office Card Account (No. 2)

EDM number 1584 in 2007-08, proposed by Danny Alexander on 15/05/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Benefits administration and Pensions.

That this House notes that the current contract for the Post Office Card Account expires in 2010; further notes that the Department for Work and Pensions is currently tendering for the successor to the Post Office Card Account from 2010 onwards; further notes that over four million pensioners have chosen to use the card account to receive their pension every week and that it is also used for the receipt of other benefits and tax credits; supports the view of the National Federation of Sub-Postmasters that any decision not to award the new contract to the Post Office would be an `absolute disaster', threatening the future of over 3,000 post offices on top of the 2,500 closures already in the pipeline; and calls on the Department for Work and Pensions to support the wish of millions of people to access their pensions and benefits at the Post Office by announcing that the Post Office will provide the successor to the card account.

This motion has been signed by a total of 57 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Danny Alexander15/05/2008Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLiberal DemocratProposed
Andrew George15/05/2008St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley15/05/2008Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins16/05/2008Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Mike Hancock19/05/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Angus MacNeil19/05/2008Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySeconded
Ann Cryer19/05/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Robert Wareing19/05/2008Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Rudi Vis19/05/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
David Taylor19/05/2008North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Mark Durkan19/05/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Alan Meale19/05/2008MansfieldLabourSigned
Lynne Jones19/05/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Paul Holmes19/05/2008ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson19/05/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell20/05/2008Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Mark Hunter20/05/2008CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech20/05/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Williams20/05/2008CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Michael Weir20/05/2008AngusScottish National PartySigned
David Drew20/05/2008StroudLabourSigned
Janet Dean20/05/2008BurtonLabourSigned
John Cummings20/05/2008EasingtonLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael20/05/2008Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke20/05/2008Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed20/05/2008South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd21/05/2008Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Dai Davies21/05/2008Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Angus Robertson22/05/2008MorayScottish National PartySigned
Stewart Hosie22/05/2008Dundee EastScottish National PartySigned
Robert Smith22/05/2008West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Pete Wishart22/05/2008Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Bob Spink02/06/2008Castle PointUKIPSigned
Kate Hoey02/06/2008VauxhallLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady02/06/2008South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Vincent Cable02/06/2008TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham02/06/2008Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds02/06/2008Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Bill Etherington02/06/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Phil Willis02/06/2008Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins03/06/2008TamworthLabourSigned
Martin Caton03/06/2008GowerLabourSigned
Jo Swinson04/06/2008East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell05/06/2008Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Jabez Foster09/06/2008Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Lorely Burt09/06/2008SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Cawsey25/06/2008Brigg and GooleLabourSigned
John Austin30/06/2008Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Paul Farrelly01/07/2008Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland03/07/2008Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Charles Kennedy08/07/2008Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Bailey10/07/2008West Bromwich WestLabourSigned
David Chaytor16/07/2008Bury NorthLabourSigned
Roger Williams06/10/2008Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Joe Benton09/10/2008BootleLabourSigned
John Mason09/10/2008Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
John Barrett04/11/2008Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned

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