DEMOCRACY AND POSTCOMM'S PROPOSALS FOR POST OFFICE LIBERALISATION

EDM number 1216 in 2001-02, proposed by Chris Smith on 30/04/2002.

That this House notes that Postcomm's proposals for postal competition have aroused unprecedented concern within Parliament; further notes that in total more than 225 different honourable Members from all parties have signed at least one of three critical early day motions; is also aware that the issue has been the subject of inquiries by the Trade and Industry Select Committee, the Public Accounts Committee and the Welsh Affairs Committee, as well as forming the subject of a number of adjournment debates, numerous Parliamentary questions and honourable Members' correspondence with Ministers; points out that reservations have been expressed in both the Welsh Assembly and Scottish Parliament; is extremely concerned that an unaccountable regulator can propose what neither Parliament nor the public wants; further believes that any final proposals for market liberalisation should only be published after Postcomm has undertaken its planned consultation on the future of the universal service obligation not before, as it currently intends; and calls for Postcomm's proposals for market liberalisation to be subject to full Parliamentary debate and approval.

This motion has been signed by a total of 164 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Chris Smith	30/04/2002	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Proposed
Joe Benton	30/04/2002	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Geraint Davies	30/04/2002	Croydon Central	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	30/04/2002	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	30/04/2002	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	30/04/2002	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	01/05/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	01/05/2002	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	01/05/2002	Easington	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	01/05/2002	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	01/05/2002	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	01/05/2002	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Win Griffiths	01/05/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	01/05/2002	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	01/05/2002	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	01/05/2002	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Russell Brown	01/05/2002	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	01/05/2002	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	01/05/2002	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	01/05/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	01/05/2002	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Brian Iddon	01/05/2002	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	01/05/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	01/05/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Alice Mahon	01/05/2002	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	01/05/2002	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Tony Worthington	02/05/2002	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	02/05/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Thomas	02/05/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Bill Etherington	02/05/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	02/05/2002	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tom Cox	02/05/2002	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	02/05/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	02/05/2002	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Lynne Jones	02/05/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	02/05/2002	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	07/05/2002	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	07/05/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	07/05/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harold Best	07/05/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
David Stewart	07/05/2002	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	07/05/2002	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	07/05/2002	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Syd Rapson	07/05/2002	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	07/05/2002	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jim Sheridan	07/05/2002	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	07/05/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	07/05/2002	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	08/05/2002	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	08/05/2002	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Iain Luke	08/05/2002	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	08/05/2002	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	08/05/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
Dennis Skinner	08/05/2002	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	08/05/2002	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	08/05/2002	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	09/05/2002	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	09/05/2002	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	09/05/2002	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
David Drew	09/05/2002	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Dobbin	09/05/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Daisley	09/05/2002	Brent East	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	09/05/2002	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	09/05/2002	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
John McFall	09/05/2002	Dumbarton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tony Lloyd	09/05/2002	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	09/05/2002	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	10/05/2002	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Joan Walley	10/05/2002	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	10/05/2002	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	13/05/2002	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Begg	13/05/2002	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Tam Dalyell	13/05/2002	Linlithgow	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	13/05/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	13/05/2002	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Andy Burnham	13/05/2002	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	13/05/2002	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	13/05/2002	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	13/05/2002	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martin Salter	13/05/2002	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	13/05/2002	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Denzil Davies	14/05/2002	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	14/05/2002	Burton	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	14/05/2002	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	14/05/2002	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	14/05/2002	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	14/05/2002	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Wray	14/05/2002	Glasgow, Baillieston	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	14/05/2002	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	14/05/2002	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	14/05/2002	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	14/05/2002	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Archy Kirkwood	14/05/2002	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Lucas	14/05/2002	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	14/05/2002	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	14/05/2002	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	14/05/2002	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	15/05/2002	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Fisher	15/05/2002	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	15/05/2002	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	15/05/2002	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	15/05/2002	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	15/05/2002	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	15/05/2002	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	16/05/2002	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	16/05/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	16/05/2002	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	16/05/2002	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	16/05/2002	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	16/05/2002	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Tom Clarke	16/05/2002	Coatbridge & Chryston	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	16/05/2002	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Huw Irranca-Davies	16/05/2002	Ogmore	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	16/05/2002	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	20/05/2002	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	20/05/2002	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Andrew Bennett	20/05/2002	Denton & Reddish	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	20/05/2002	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Jim Marshall	20/05/2002	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	20/05/2002	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	20/05/2002	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	20/05/2002	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Dennis Turner	21/05/2002	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Hugh Bayley	21/05/2002	York, City of	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	21/05/2002	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	21/05/2002	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	21/05/2002	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
John Mann	21/05/2002	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	21/05/2002	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Tom Harris	21/05/2002	Glasgow, Cathcart	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	22/05/2002	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	22/05/2002	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
John Austin	22/05/2002	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	23/05/2002	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Louise Ellman	23/05/2002	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Julia Drown	24/05/2002	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	10/06/2002	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	10/06/2002	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Nigel Dodds	10/06/2002	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Menzies Campbell	10/06/2002	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diana Organ	10/06/2002	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	10/06/2002	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	10/06/2002	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Calum MacDonald	10/06/2002	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	10/06/2002	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	10/06/2002	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	10/06/2002	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	10/06/2002	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	10/06/2002	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	10/06/2002	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	10/06/2002	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	10/06/2002	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	13/06/2002	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Llew Smith	13/06/2002	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	17/06/2002	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	17/06/2002	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	18/06/2002	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	18/06/2002	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bruce George	19/06/2002	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	20/06/2002	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	21/06/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	02/07/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	05/07/2002	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mike O'Brien	Unknown			Withdrawn

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