Post Office Card Account (No. 2)

EDM number 1428 in 2005-06, proposed by Clive Efford on 19/01/2006.

That this House regrets the decision of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions not to renew the contract with Royal Mail for the Post Office Card Account beyond 2010; believes that this will undermine confidence in the future viability of many sub-post offices and will result in further closures; notes that Post Office Ltd has just completed restructuring the sub-post office network through its Reinvention Programme; further notes that the Reinvention Programme invited sub-post office owners to volunteer to accept compensation for the closure of their business; fears that many sub-post office owners will have made their decision to keep open based on business plans that would have anticipated income from the continuation of the Post Office Card Account; draws attention to the Department's own figures which demonstrate that as many as one in four of pensioners and benefit claimants prefer to use the Post Office Card Account rather than one of the other types of accounts accepted at post offices, of which there are more than 25; and calls on the Secretary of State to recognise that sub-post offices are a vital part of many communities throughout the country and to withdraw this decision.

This motion has been signed by a total of 74 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Clive Efford	19/01/2006	Eltham	Labour	Proposed
Colin Burgon	19/01/2006	Elmet	Labour	Seconded
Ian Gibson	19/01/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Seconded
David Chaytor	19/01/2006	Bury North	Labour	Seconded
Russell Brown	19/01/2006	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Seconded
John Austin	19/01/2006	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Seconded
Neil Gerrard	19/01/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	19/01/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	19/01/2006	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	19/01/2006	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	19/01/2006	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	19/01/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	20/01/2006	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Peter Bottomley	20/01/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mark Durkan	20/01/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	20/01/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	20/01/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	23/01/2006	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Joan Walley	23/01/2006	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	23/01/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	23/01/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	23/01/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	23/01/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	23/01/2006	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	23/01/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	23/01/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Jim Devine	24/01/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	24/01/2006	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	24/01/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	24/01/2006	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	24/01/2006	Easington	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	24/01/2006	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Gordon Marsden	24/01/2006	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	25/01/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	25/01/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	25/01/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	25/01/2006	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Sadiq Khan	26/01/2006	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	26/01/2006	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Grogan	26/01/2006	Selby	Labour	Signed
David Drew	26/01/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	26/01/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	26/01/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	30/01/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	30/01/2006	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	30/01/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	30/01/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	31/01/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	31/01/2006	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	31/01/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	31/01/2006	North Down	UUP	Signed
Bill Etherington	01/02/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	01/02/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	01/02/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/02/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	08/02/2006	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Nadine Dorries	08/02/2006	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Helen Goodman	09/02/2006	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	09/02/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	13/02/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	13/02/2006	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Patrick Hall	15/02/2006	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Jessica Morden	14/03/2006	Newport East	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	15/03/2006	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	15/03/2006	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	18/04/2006	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	18/04/2006	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	18/04/2006	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	02/05/2006	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Yeo	24/05/2006	South Suffolk	Conservative	Signed
Celia Barlow	07/06/2006	Hove	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	20/06/2006	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Michael Ancram	09/10/2006	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	06/11/2006	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed

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