Post Office And Aldo Manta

EDM number 1640 in 1993-94, proposed by Peter Hain on 24/10/1994.

That this House notes that the Post Office Code of Conduct for the purchase of goods and services requires its purchasing to achieve value for money, and requires suppliers to have a track record, long term security, financial standing, stable ownership and brand leadership; notes that the Post Office has awarded an estimated ú7.5 million contract (No. 3094008) to Aldo Manta the trading name for Piriac Ltd. whose directors are Clive Sumner, a Lloyd's name with total losses estimated at ú500,000, and David Tapley, a Lloyd's name with total losses estimated at ú1,200,000, on disaster syndicates; notes that Aldo Manta has changed its name, ownership and structural details several times over the last few years; is concerned that the Post Office has awarded a contract in apparent breach of its own code of conduct to a company that does not have a track record or stable ownership, that the contract was not open to competition and that there is a dispute in the High Court regarding the intellectual property rights of the goods ordered; calls on the President of the Board of Trade to investigate this matter and explain what control his Department exercises over Post Office contracts and management, and when he will address the concerns expressed regarding Post Office contracting in a letter passed on to him from the Leader of the House, the Right Honourable Member for Braintree; and demands that Post Office privatisation must be halted until at least a proper inquiry has been held into this matter. (Relevant registered interest declared).

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Peter Hain	24/10/1994	Neath		Proposed
Harry Barnes	25/10/1994	North East Derbyshire		Signed
John Cummings	25/10/1994	Easington		Signed
Eric Clarke	25/10/1994	Midlothian		Signed
Bill Michie	25/10/1994	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Alan Meale	25/10/1994	Mansfield		Signed
William McKelvey	25/10/1994	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
John McAllion	25/10/1994	Dundee East		Signed
Lynne Jones	25/10/1994	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Alan Simpson	25/10/1994	Nottingham South		Signed
Ernie Ross	25/10/1994	Dundee West		Signed
Dennis Turner	26/10/1994	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Tony Banks	26/10/1994	Newham North West		Signed
Janet Anderson	26/10/1994	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Tommy Graham	26/10/1994	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Michael Clapham	26/10/1994	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Gordon Prentice	26/10/1994	Pendle		Signed
Mike Hall	27/10/1994	Warrington South		Signed
John Evans	27/10/1994	St Helens North		Signed
Derek Enright	27/10/1994	Hemsworth		Signed
Ian Davidson	27/10/1994	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Ken Livingstone	27/10/1994	Brent East		Signed
Eric Illsley	27/10/1994	Barnsley Central		Signed
Dennis Skinner	27/10/1994	Bolsover		Signed
Michael Connarty	31/10/1994	Falkirk East		Signed
Martyn Jones	01/11/1994	Clwyd South West		Signed
Eddie Loyden	01/11/1994	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Ian McCartney	01/11/1994	Makerfield		Signed
Jack Thompson	01/11/1994	Wansbeck		Signed

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