NEOPOST'S BUSINESS MALPRACTICE AND THE OFFICE OF FAIR TRADING

EDM number 2267 in 1992-93, proposed by Nigel Griffiths on 05/07/1993.

That this House notes that Neopost, the United Kingdom's second largest supplier of office franking machines, is guilty of gross malpractice and that the Office of Fair Trading is minded to revoke its consumer credit licence, vindicating the 63 honourable Members who signed EDM 791 (Neopost Franking Machines and Malpractice) in November 1992; notes that Neopost's unethical business behaviour originated with Alcatel Ltd. as deliberate company policy, and was continued by Neopost, that Neopost duped customers into changing equipment unnecessarily and fraudulently changed quarterly payment terms to monthly payments without their customers' knowledge: notes the collusion of Anglo Leasing, Neopost Finance and Alcatel in this scam and calls on them to compensate hundreds of victims, including charities, schools, universities, hospices and local authorities; calls on Neopost and Anglo Leasing to cease all legal action against honest customers whose jobs and livelihoods are being put in jeopardy; notes with dismay that Neopost's malpractice continues; calls on the Department of Trade and Industry to investigate the affairs of Neopost and the Select Committee on Trade and Industry to consider holding an inquiry into the supply of business equipment, unethical business contracts and the role of leasing companies; calls on the Director General of Fair Trading to investigate the practices of Anglo Leasing and Alcatel who have made vast profits out of malpractice; and calls on the OFT to investigate collusion between Neopost and leasing companies to prevent commercial rivals obtaining credit and refer Neopost to the Director of Public Prosecutions as a case of criminal intent to defraud customers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 110 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Nigel Griffiths	05/07/1993	Edinburgh South		Proposed
Frank Field	05/07/1993	Birkenhead		Signed
Bill Etherington	05/07/1993	Sunderland North		Signed
Derek Enright	05/07/1993	Hemsworth		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	05/07/1993	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Angela Eagle	05/07/1993	Wallasey		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	05/07/1993	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
John Denham	05/07/1993	Southampton, Itchen		Signed
Jim Cunningham	05/07/1993	Coventry South East		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	05/07/1993	Leigh		Signed
John Cummings	05/07/1993	Easington		Signed
Jim Cousins	05/07/1993	Newcastle upon Tyne Central		Signed
Jean Corston	05/07/1993	Bristol East		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	05/07/1993	Islington North		Signed
Frank Cook	05/07/1993	Stockton North		Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	05/07/1993	Edinburgh Leith		Signed
Paul Flynn	05/07/1993	Newport West		Signed
Mike Gapes	05/07/1993	Ilford South		Signed
Alan Williams	05/07/1993	Swansea West		Signed
Malcolm Wicks	05/07/1993	Croydon North West		Signed
Joan Walley	05/07/1993	Stoke-on-Trent North		Signed
Keith Vaz	05/07/1993	Leicester East		Signed
George Stevenson	05/07/1993	Stoke-on-Trent South		Signed
Roger Berry	05/07/1993	Kingswood		Signed
Kevin Barron	05/07/1993	Rother Valley		Signed
Donald Anderson	05/07/1993	Swansea East		Signed
Mike Hall	05/07/1993	Warrington South		Signed
Bruce Grocott	05/07/1993	Wrekin, The		Signed
Win Griffiths	05/07/1993	Bridgend		Signed
Graham Allen	05/07/1993	Nottingham North		Signed
Nick Ainger	05/07/1993	Pembroke		Signed
Irene Adams	05/07/1993	Paisley North		Signed
Norman Godman	05/07/1993	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	05/07/1993	Blyth Valley		Signed
Stephen Byers	05/07/1993	Wallsend		Signed
David Hanson	05/07/1993	Delyn		Signed
Glenda Jackson	05/07/1993	Hampstead & Highgate		Signed
John Hutton	05/07/1993	Barrow & Furness		Signed
Kevin Hughes	05/07/1993	Doncaster North		Signed
Geoff Hoon	05/07/1993	Ashfield		Signed
Jimmy Hood	05/07/1993	Clydesdale		Signed
Kate Hoey	05/07/1993	Vauxhall		Signed
Peter Hardy	05/07/1993	Wentworth		Signed
Peter Snape	05/07/1993	West Bromwich East		Signed
Llew Smith	05/07/1993	Blaenau Gwent		Signed
Barbara Roche	05/07/1993	Hornsey & Wood Green		Signed
Martin Redmond	05/07/1993	Don Valley		Signed
Nick Raynsford	05/07/1993	Greenwich		Signed
Gordon Prentice	05/07/1993	Pendle		Signed
Peter Pike	05/07/1993	Burnley		Signed
Helen Jackson	05/07/1993	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
David Jamieson	05/07/1993	Plymouth, Devonport		Signed
Martyn Jones	05/07/1993	Clwyd South West		Signed
Keith Bradley	05/07/1993	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Bill Olner	05/07/1993	Nuneaton		Signed
Edward O'Hara	05/07/1993	Knowsley South		Signed
Gordon Oakes	05/07/1993	Halton		Signed
Paul Murphy	05/07/1993	Torfaen		Signed
Estelle Morris	05/07/1993	Birmingham, Yardley		Signed
Austin Mitchell	05/07/1993	Great Grimsby		Signed
Andrew Miller	05/07/1993	Ellesmere Port & Neston		Signed
Alun Michael	05/07/1993	Cardiff South & Penarth		Signed
Nigel Jones	05/07/1993	Cheltenham		Signed
Jane Kennedy	05/07/1993	Liverpool Broadgreen		Signed
Piara S Khabra	05/07/1993	Ealing, Southall		Signed
Terry Lewis	05/07/1993	Worsley		Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	05/07/1993	Thurrock		Signed
William McKelvey	05/07/1993	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
Terry Davis	06/07/1993	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Jim Dowd	06/07/1993	Lewisham West		Signed
John Evans	06/07/1993	St Helens North		Signed
Andrew Faulds	06/07/1993	Warley East		Signed
Tony Banks	06/07/1993	Newham North West		Signed
Harry Barnes	06/07/1993	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Gerry Bermingham	06/07/1993	St Helens South		Signed
Dennis Turner	06/07/1993	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Michael Connarty	06/07/1993	Falkirk East		Signed
Eric Clarke	06/07/1993	Midlothian		Signed
Greg Pope	06/07/1993	Hyndburn		Signed
Roy Hughes	06/07/1993	Newport East		Signed
Lynne Jones	06/07/1993	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Ken Livingstone	06/07/1993	Brent East		Signed
Eddie Loyden	06/07/1993	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
John McAllion	06/07/1993	Dundee East		Signed
Alan Meale	06/07/1993	Mansfield		Signed
Michael Clapham	06/07/1993	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	07/07/1993	Durham, City of		Signed
John Gunnell	07/07/1993	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Tommy Graham	07/07/1993	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Bryan Davies	07/07/1993	Oldham Central and Royton		Signed
Ian Davidson	07/07/1993	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Bill Michie	07/07/1993	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Barry Jones	07/07/1993	Alyn & Deeside		Signed
Joe Benton	08/07/1993	Bootle		Signed
Alan Simpson	08/07/1993	Nottingham South		Signed
Tom Pendry	12/07/1993	Stalybridge & Hyde		Signed
Bridget Prentice	13/07/1993	Lewisham East		Signed
Eric Illsley	13/07/1993	Barnsley Central		Signed
Rhodri Morgan	13/07/1993	Cardiff West		Signed
Paddy Tipping	13/07/1993	Sherwood		Signed
Roland Boyes	14/07/1993	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Jack Thompson	14/07/1993	Wansbeck		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	16/07/1993	Workington		Signed
Jim Wallace	19/07/1993	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Eric Martlew	21/07/1993	Carlisle		Signed
Kim Howells	22/07/1993	Pontypridd		Signed
Audrey Wise	22/07/1993	Preston		Signed
Richard Caborn	23/07/1993	Sheffield Central		Signed
Clare Short	26/07/1993	Birmingham, Ladywood		Signed
David Alton	27/07/1993	Liverpool Mossley Hill		Signed

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