35195 2007-08 997 Nigel Evans 2008-02-21 That this House regrets the proposal to close up to 2,500 post offices; recognises the seminal role post offices play in local communities; notes the unpopularity amongst the general public of closing such a large portion of the network; has concerns that the access criteria laid down for the closures consultation do not adequately take into account local geographical factors and public transport networks; is concerned that the consultation period is only scheduled to last for six weeks rather than three months; and believes that options for business expansion which may have helped individual post offices to remain open should be explored further. Service industries Nigel Evans 2008-02-21 Proposed Ribble Valley Conservative Lindsay Hoyle 2008-02-21 Seconded Chorley Labour Ann Cryer 2008-02-21 Seconded Keighley Labour Paul Holmes 2008-02-21 Seconded Chesterfield Liberal Democrat Lee Scott 2008-02-21 Seconded Ilford North Conservative Joan Humble 2008-02-22 Seconded Blackpool North & Fleetwood Labour Richard Younger-Ross 2008-02-22 Signed Teignbridge Liberal Democrat Michael Weir 2008-02-22 Signed Angus Scottish National Party Peter Bottomley 2008-02-22 Signed Worthing West Conservative John Austin 2008-02-22 Signed Erith & Thamesmead Labour Mark Durkan 2008-02-22 Signed Foyle Social Democratic and Labour Party David Drew 2008-02-22 Signed Stroud Labour Andrew Dismore 2008-02-22 Signed Hendon Labour Frank Cook 2008-02-22 Signed Stockton North Labour Derek Conway 2008-02-22 Signed Old Bexley & Sidcup Independent Brian Jenkins 2008-02-22 Signed Tamworth Labour Kelvin Hopkins 2008-02-22 Signed Luton North Labour Peter Atkinson 2008-02-25 Signed Hexham Conservative Michael Ancram 2008-02-25 Signed Devizes Conservative James Gray 2008-02-25 Signed North Wiltshire Conservative Andrew George 2008-02-25 Signed St Ives Liberal Democrat George Galloway 2008-02-25 Signed Bethnal Green & Bow Respect Roger Gale 2008-02-25 Signed North Thanet Conservative Christopher Fraser 2008-02-25 Signed South West Norfolk Conservative Frank Field 2008-02-25 Signed Birkenhead Labour John Bercow 2008-02-25 Signed Buckingham Conservative Tim Boswell 2008-02-25 Signed Daventry Conservative Don Touhig 2008-02-25 Signed Islwyn Labour Dai Davies 2008-02-25 Signed Blaenau Gwent Independent Mark Hunter 2008-02-25 Signed Cheadle Liberal Democrat Stephen Hammond 2008-02-25 Signed Wimbledon Conservative Philip Davies 2008-02-25 Signed Shipley Conservative Lorely Burt 2008-02-25 Signed Solihull Liberal Democrat Richard Benyon 2008-02-25 Signed Newbury Conservative Nicholas Winterton 2008-02-25 Signed Macclesfield Conservative Angela Watkinson 2008-02-25 Signed Upminster Conservative Michael Fabricant 2008-02-25 Signed Lichfield Conservative David Davies 2008-02-25 Signed Monmouth Conservative Kate Hoey 2008-02-25 Signed Vauxhall Labour Caroline Spelman 2008-02-25 Signed Meriden Conservative Mohammad Sarwar 2008-02-25 Signed Glasgow Central Labour Andrew Rosindell 2008-02-25 Signed Romford Conservative Laurence Robertson 2008-02-25 Signed Tewkesbury Conservative Adam Price 2008-02-25 Signed Carmarthen East & Dinefwr Plaid Cymru Gordon Prentice 2008-02-25 Signed Pendle Labour Greg Pope 2008-02-25 Signed Hyndburn Labour Gerald Howarth 2008-02-25 Signed Aldershot Conservative Glenda Jackson 2008-02-25 Signed Hampstead & Highgate Labour Lynne Jones 2008-02-25 Signed Birmingham, Selly Oak Labour Christopher Chope 2008-02-25 Signed Christchurch Conservative Karen Buck 2008-02-25 Signed Graham Brady 2008-02-25 Signed Altrincham & Sale West Conservative John McDonnell 2008-02-25 Signed Hayes & Harlington Labour Michael Mates 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Mike Hancock 2008-02-27 Signed Portsmouth South Liberal Democrat Roger Godsiff 2008-02-27 Signed Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath Labour Mark Fisher 2008-02-27 Signed Stoke-on-Trent Central Labour William McCrea 2008-02-27 Signed South Antrim DUP Simon Hughes 2008-02-27 Signed North Southwark & Bermondsey Liberal Democrat Bob Spink 2008-02-27 Signed Castle Point Conservative Annette Brooke 2008-02-28 Signed Mid Dorset & North Poole Liberal Democrat Stephen Crabb 2008-02-29 Signed Preseli Pembrokeshire Conservative Joan Ryan 2008-02-29 Signed Enfield North Labour John Pugh 2008-02-29 Signed Southport Liberal Democrat Lynda Waltho 2008-03-03 Signed Stourbridge Labour Philip Dunne 2008-03-03 Signed Ludlow Conservative Betty Williams 2008-03-03 Signed Conwy Labour Robert Syms 2008-03-03 Signed Poole Conservative Andrew Stunell 2008-03-03 Signed Hazel Grove Liberal Democrat Michael Clapham 2008-03-03 Signed Barnsley West & Penistone Labour Lembit 2008-03-03 Signed Montgomeryshire Liberal Democrat Alasdair McDonnell 2008-03-03 Signed Belfast South Social Democratic and Labour Party David Maclean 2008-03-03 Signed Penrith & The Border Conservative Norman Baker 2008-03-04 Signed Lewes Liberal Democrat Richard Bacon 2008-03-04 Signed South Norfolk Conservative Humfrey Malins 2008-03-04 Signed Woking Conservative Elfyn Llwyd 2008-03-04 Signed Meirionnydd Nant Conwy Plaid Cymru Alan Simpson 2008-03-04 Signed Nottingham South Labour Charlotte Atkins 2008-03-05 Signed Staffordshire Moorlands Labour Vincent Cable 2008-03-05 Signed Twickenham Liberal Democrat Doug Naysmith 2008-03-05 Signed Bristol North West Labour John Horam 2008-03-06 Signed Orpington Conservative John Gummer 2008-03-06 Signed Suffolk Coastal Conservative Jeremy Wright 2008-03-06 Signed Rugby & Kenilworth Conservative Andrew Lansley 2008-03-07 Signed South Cambridgeshire Conservative Eddie McGrady 2008-03-10 Signed South Down Social Democratic and Labour Party Brian Binley 2008-03-10 Signed Northampton South Conservative Mark Williams 2008-03-11 Signed Ceredigion Liberal Democrat Linda Riordan 2008-03-11 Signed Halifax Labour Sandra Gidley 2008-03-11 Signed Romsey Liberal Democrat Bill Etherington 2008-03-11 Signed Sunderland North Labour Gary Streeter 2008-03-12 Signed South West Devon Conservative Phil Willis 2008-03-12 Signed Harrogate & Knaresborough Liberal Democrat Desmond Swayne 2008-03-13 Signed New Forest West Conservative Ben Wallace 2008-03-13 Signed Lancaster & Wyre Conservative Nigel Waterson 2008-03-13 Signed Eastbourne Conservative John Whittingdale 2008-03-13 Signed Maldon & East Chelmsford Conservative Greg Clark 2008-03-13 Signed Tunbridge Wells Conservative James Arbuthnot 2008-03-13 Signed North East Hampshire Conservative Michael Fallon 2008-03-13 Signed Sevenoaks Conservative David Curry 2008-03-13 Signed Skipton & Ripon Conservative Anne McIntosh 2008-03-13 Signed Vale of York Conservative Andrew MacKay 2008-03-13 Signed Bracknell Conservative Peter Luff 2008-03-13 Signed Mid Worcestershire Conservative Michael Jack 2008-03-13 Signed Fylde Conservative Andrew Selous 2008-03-13 Signed South West Bedfordshire Conservative Mark Harper 2008-03-14 Signed Forest of Dean Conservative Andrew Mitchell 2008-03-14 Signed Sutton Coldfield Conservative John Penrose 2008-03-17 Signed Weston-Super-Mare Conservative Jeremy Hunt 2008-03-17 Signed South West Surrey Conservative Justine Greening 2008-03-17 Signed Putney Conservative Adam Holloway 2008-03-17 Signed Gravesham Conservative Peter Ainsworth 2008-03-17 Signed East Surrey Conservative Stephen O'Brien 2008-03-17 Signed Eddisbury Conservative Tim Loughton 2008-03-17 Signed East Worthing & Shoreham Conservative Charles Hendry 2008-03-17 Signed Wealden Conservative Oliver Heald 2008-03-17 Signed North East Hertfordshire Conservative Grant Shapps 2008-03-18 Signed Welwyn Hatfield Conservative Maria Miller 2008-03-18 Signed Basingstoke Conservative Daniel Kawczynski 2008-03-18 Signed Shrewsbury & Atcham Conservative David Jones 2008-03-18 Signed Clwyd West Conservative Bill Wiggin 2008-03-18 Signed Leominster Conservative John Baron 2008-03-18 Signed Billericay Conservative Robert Goodwill 2008-03-18 Signed Scarborough & Whitby Conservative Malcolm Moss 2008-03-18 Signed North East Cambridgeshire Conservative Geoffrey Clifton-Brown 2008-03-19 Signed Cotswold Conservative Edward Garnier 2008-03-19 Signed Harborough Conservative David Burrowes 2008-03-19 Signed Enfield, Southgate Conservative Edward Vaizey 2008-03-20 Signed Wantage Conservative Gregory Barker 2008-03-20 Signed Bexhill & Battle Conservative Julian Lewis 2008-03-20 Signed New Forest East Conservative Eleanor Laing 2008-03-20 Signed Epping Forest Conservative Hugo Swire 2008-03-25 Signed East Devon Conservative James Duddridge 2008-03-26 Signed Rochford & Southend East Conservative Greg Mulholland 2008-03-26 Signed Leeds North West Liberal Democrat David Evennett 2008-03-31 Signed Patrick Mercer 2008-04-01 Signed Newark Conservative Angus Robertson 2008-04-03 Signed Moray Scottish National Party Stewart Hosie 2008-04-03 Signed Dundee East Scottish National Party Angus MacNeil 2008-04-03 Signed Na h-Eileanan an Iar Scottish National Party Liam Fox 2008-04-21 Signed Woodspring Conservative Bernard Jenkin 2008-04-21 Signed North Essex Conservative Lady Hermon 2008-04-21 Signed North Down UUP Peter Viggers 2008-04-22 Signed Gosport Conservative Stewart Jackson 2008-04-22 Signed Peterborough Conservative Nigel Dodds 2008-04-23 Signed Belfast North DUP Iris Robinson 2008-04-29 Signed Strangford DUP Paul Truswell 2008-05-19 Signed Pudsey Labour Bob Neill 2008-06-11 Signed Bromley & Chislehurst Conservative John Barrett 2008-11-04 Signed Edinburgh West Liberal Democrat