Post Office Closures In Devon

EDM number 1602 in 2007-08, proposed by Richard Younger-Ross on 19/05/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Postal services and Service industries.

That this House deeply regrets the Post Office's intended closure of 45 sub-post offices in the county of Devon, as published by the Western Morning News, including those serving the towns and villages of Avonwick, Axminster, Barnstaple (East Street and Goodleigh), Bideford, Budleigh Salterton, Crediton, Dartmouth, Exmouth, Hennock, Holcombe, Holsworthy, Honiton, Ilfracombe (Portland Street and Combe Martin), Ivybridge, Kingsbridge (Kellaton and West Charleton), Lynton (Barbrook and Lynmouth Street), Okehampton, Paignton (Totnes Road and Roundham Road), Plympton (St Maurice Road and Seymour Road), Sidmouth, Stokeinteignhead, Tavistock (Ford Street and Peter Tavy), Torquay (Walnut Road and Union Street), Totnes, Yelverton (Buckland Monachorum and Milton Combe) and the cities of Plymouth (Beaumont Road, Stuart Road, Ryder Road, Market Road and Walker Terrace) and Exeter (Clyst St George, Exwick Road, Pinhoe Road, Queen Street and Victoria Street); believes that post offices offer a vital service to the community; further believes that the closures are likely to have a particularly negative impact on elderly and disabled members of the community, and that these closures could result in the decline of local communities; and calls on the Government to boost, rather than close, post offices by reversing the cuts in public business carried out in post offices.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs.