Renewal Of The Post Office Card Account

EDM number 2008 in 2007-08, proposed by Lindsay Hoyle on 09/07/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Financial services and Postal services.

That this House notes with concern the fact that the Department for Work and Pensions has written to Post Office card account holders informing them that the Post Office card account contract ends in 2010; further notes that Post Office card account holders, many of whom have made a conscious decision to support the Post Office by retaining their card account, are being instructed to take out bank accounts in order to receive benefits beyond 2010; expresses its dismay at the fact that the letter does not mention the fact that a replacement for the current card account is currently out to tender, or make any mention of other Post Office products or services; believes that this is a deliberate attempt to encourage people to switch payment to direct debit and remove the role of the Post Office; notes the additional damage inflicted on the Post Office by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, who are currently sending out licence renewal reminders as part of a communications campaign which makes no mention of the Post Office; calls on Ministers in the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform to encourage Ministers in the Department for Work and Pensions to consider the impact on communities across the country if the Post Office card account is not renewed; and encourages all Government departments to make their services available through post offices in order to ensure that they have a viable future.

This motion has been signed by a total of 124 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Lindsay Hoyle	09/07/2008	Chorley	Labour	Proposed
Peter Kilfoyle	09/07/2008	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Seconded
David Crausby	09/07/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Seconded
Bob Laxton	09/07/2008	Derby North	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	10/07/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
John Pugh	10/07/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mike Hancock	10/07/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Gray	10/07/2008	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	10/07/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	10/07/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	10/07/2008	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	10/07/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	10/07/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Smith	10/07/2008	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	14/07/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	14/07/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Katy Clark	14/07/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	14/07/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
David Taylor	14/07/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	14/07/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	14/07/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	14/07/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	14/07/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	14/07/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	14/07/2008	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	15/07/2008	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	15/07/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	15/07/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	15/07/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Chris McCafferty	15/07/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
David Laws	15/07/2008	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alex Salmond	15/07/2008	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Iris Robinson	15/07/2008	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Dai Davies	16/07/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
John Leech	16/07/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	16/07/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	16/07/2008	Easington	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	16/07/2008	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	16/07/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	16/07/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/07/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	16/07/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Adrian Sanders	16/07/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	16/07/2008	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Battle	17/07/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	17/07/2008	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	17/07/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	17/07/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	17/07/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	17/07/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	17/07/2008	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	17/07/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	17/07/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	17/07/2008	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	17/07/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	21/07/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Anderson	21/07/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	21/07/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	21/07/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	21/07/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	21/07/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	21/07/2008	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	22/07/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	22/07/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	22/07/2008	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	22/07/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	22/07/2008	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Reid	22/07/2008	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	06/10/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	06/10/2008	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	06/10/2008	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	06/10/2008	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	06/10/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Heyes	06/10/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	07/10/2008	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	07/10/2008	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	09/10/2008	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	15/10/2008	North Down	UUP	Signed
Greg Mulholland	22/10/2008	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Browne	06/11/2008	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	06/11/2008	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	06/11/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	06/11/2008	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	06/11/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	06/11/2008	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	06/11/2008	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	06/11/2008	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	06/11/2008	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	06/11/2008	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	06/11/2008	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	06/11/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	06/11/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	06/11/2008	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	06/11/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	06/11/2008	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	06/11/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	06/11/2008	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	06/11/2008	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	06/11/2008	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	06/11/2008	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	06/11/2008	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	06/11/2008	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	06/11/2008	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	06/11/2008	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	06/11/2008	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Huhne	06/11/2008	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	06/11/2008	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	06/11/2008	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	06/11/2008	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	06/11/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	06/11/2008	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	06/11/2008	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	06/11/2008	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	06/11/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	06/11/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	06/11/2008	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	06/11/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	06/11/2008	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	06/11/2008	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	06/11/2008	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	06/11/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Emily Thornberry	10/11/2008	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	25/11/2008	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
John Spellar	Unknown			Withdrawn

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