Parcel Surcharges For The Highlands And Islands

EDM number 106 in 2008-09, proposed by Danny Alexander on 04/12/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Postal services.

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 to 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 28 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Danny Alexander	04/12/2008	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Alistair Carmichael	04/12/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John Thurso	04/12/2008	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Charles Kennedy	04/12/2008	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew George	04/12/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	04/12/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Mark Hunter	08/12/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	08/12/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	08/12/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/12/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/12/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/12/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	08/12/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	09/12/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	09/12/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/12/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
John Mason	10/12/2008	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jo Swinson	10/12/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	10/12/2008	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Janet Dean	10/12/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	10/12/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Nick Harvey	10/12/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	11/12/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/12/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	12/01/2009	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	12/01/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	14/01/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed

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