Royal Mail Pensions

EDM number 2136 in 2007-08, proposed by John Grogan on 22/07/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Industrial relations, Pensions and Postal services.

That this House believes that securing a just agreement between the Royal Mail and the trade unions on the issue of pensions is crucial to the future of the postal service; recognises that the trade unions are adopting a reasonable negotiating stance acknowledging that the present status quo is not sustainable; further believes that any settlement reached must be at least as good as those arrived at elsewhere in the public sector in terms both of protecting the rights of existing members and giving hope for reasonable pensions in retirement to new entrants to the postal service; urges Royal Mail to re-open pension negotiations with the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Unite; further urges the Government to review the 2007 commercial deal to ensure that the £1.2 billion set aside for a ColleagueShare scheme is redistributed to support improved pension reform for all Royal Mail Group employees; calls on the Government to undertake a full review of Royal Mail's reported accounts to ensure that there is more transparency and that further consideration is given to whether the existing £1 billion pensions escrow account can be drawn upon now; and strongly hopes that the Hooper Review of Competition and the future of Royal Mail will make appropriate recommendations on the issue of pensions.

This motion has been signed by a total of 150 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Grogan	22/07/2008	Selby	Labour	Proposed
Michael Connarty	22/07/2008	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Seconded
Geraldine Smith	22/07/2008	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Seconded
Kate Hoey	22/07/2008	Vauxhall	Labour	Seconded
Jon Cruddas	22/07/2008	Dagenham	Labour	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	22/07/2008	Luton North	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	22/07/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	06/10/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patrick Hall	06/10/2008	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Nick Ainger	06/10/2008	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	06/10/2008	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	06/10/2008	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	06/10/2008	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Paul Flynn	06/10/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	06/10/2008	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	06/10/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Frank Doran	06/10/2008	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	06/10/2008	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	06/10/2008	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	06/10/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	06/10/2008	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	06/10/2008	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	06/10/2008	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	06/10/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Emily Thornberry	06/10/2008	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	06/10/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	06/10/2008	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	06/10/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	06/10/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	06/10/2008	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Don Touhig	06/10/2008	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	06/10/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	06/10/2008	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	06/10/2008	Dartford	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	06/10/2008	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	06/10/2008	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	06/10/2008	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	06/10/2008	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	06/10/2008	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	06/10/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	06/10/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	06/10/2008	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	06/10/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	06/10/2008	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	06/10/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	06/10/2008	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	06/10/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Salter	06/10/2008	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Peter Robinson	06/10/2008	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Anne Moffat	06/10/2008	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	06/10/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	06/10/2008	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	06/10/2008	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	06/10/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Cummings	06/10/2008	Easington	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	06/10/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	06/10/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	06/10/2008	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	06/10/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	06/10/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	06/10/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	06/10/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Ian Paisley	06/10/2008	North Antrim	DUP	Signed
Bill Olner	06/10/2008	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	06/10/2008	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	06/10/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	06/10/2008	Medway	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	07/10/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Drew	07/10/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	07/10/2008	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	07/10/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	07/10/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	07/10/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	07/10/2008	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	07/10/2008	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	07/10/2008	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	07/10/2008	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	07/10/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	07/10/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	08/10/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	08/10/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	08/10/2008	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Anderson	08/10/2008	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	08/10/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Edward O'Hara	08/10/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	08/10/2008	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	08/10/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	08/10/2008	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	09/10/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	09/10/2008	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	09/10/2008	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	09/10/2008	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	09/10/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Ruane	09/10/2008	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	09/10/2008	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	13/10/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	13/10/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	13/10/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	13/10/2008	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	13/10/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	13/10/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	13/10/2008	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	14/10/2008	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	14/10/2008	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	14/10/2008	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	14/10/2008	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	15/10/2008	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/10/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	15/10/2008	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	15/10/2008	North Down	UUP	Signed
Terry Rooney	15/10/2008	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
John Leech	16/10/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Wood	16/10/2008	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
John Battle	16/10/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
John Austin	16/10/2008	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	16/10/2008	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/10/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	16/10/2008	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	17/10/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	17/10/2008	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	17/10/2008	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	20/10/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Laura Moffatt	21/10/2008	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	21/10/2008	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	22/10/2008	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
David Hamilton	22/10/2008	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	22/10/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	22/10/2008	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	22/10/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	23/10/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anthony D Wright	23/10/2008	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	23/10/2008	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Osborne	27/10/2008	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	27/10/2008	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	28/10/2008	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Field	28/10/2008	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	28/10/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	28/10/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	30/10/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	04/11/2008	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Gary Streeter	04/11/2008	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Tom Brake	05/11/2008	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	05/11/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	10/11/2008	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Linton	17/11/2008	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	17/11/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	18/11/2008	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Lloyd	19/11/2008	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Lembit	20/11/2008	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Trickett	Unknown			Withdrawn

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