Royal Mail

EDM number 428 in 2008-09, proposed by Geraldine Smith on 13/01/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Postal services.

That this House notes that the Labour Party Conference 2008, with the backing of Ministers, supported a vision of a wholly publicly-owned, integrated Royal Mail Group; welcomes the conclusion of the Hooper Report that the current universal service obligation offered by Royal Mail, including six days a week delivery, must be protected and that the primary duty of a new regulator should be to maintain it; further welcomes the recommendations in the Report that the Government should take responsibility for the pensions deficit which followed an extended contributions holiday; endorses the call for a new relationship between management and postal unions and welcomes the commitment of the Communication Workers Union to negotiate an agreement which would support the modernisation of the industry; observes that in 2007 the Government agreed to a £1.2 billion loan facility on commercial terms to modernise Royal Mail operations; rejects the recommendation of the Hooper Report to sell a minority stake in Royal Mail which would risk fracturing one of Britain's greatest public services; further notes that the Government is currently advertising for a new Chair of Royal Mail; and urges the Secretary of State to appoint a Chair and management team who are committed to the principles of a modern public enterprise.

This motion has been signed by a total of 184 MPs, 5 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Geraldine Smith	13/01/2009	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Proposed
James McGovern	13/01/2009	Dundee West	Labour	Seconded
Brian Iddon	13/01/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Seconded
Joan Walley	13/01/2009	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Seconded
Colin Burgon	13/01/2009	Elmet	Labour	Seconded
David Lepper	13/01/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Seconded
Bill Etherington	13/01/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	13/01/2009	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	13/01/2009	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	13/01/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	13/01/2009	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	13/01/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
David Drew	13/01/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	13/01/2009	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	13/01/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	13/01/2009	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	13/01/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	13/01/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	13/01/2009	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	13/01/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	13/01/2009	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	13/01/2009	Selby	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	13/01/2009	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	13/01/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	13/01/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	13/01/2009	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	13/01/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	13/01/2009	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	13/01/2009	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Wicks	13/01/2009	Croydon North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	13/01/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	13/01/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	13/01/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	13/01/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	13/01/2009	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
John Battle	13/01/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
John Austin	13/01/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	13/01/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	13/01/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	13/01/2009	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	13/01/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	13/01/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	13/01/2009	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	13/01/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/01/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	13/01/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	13/01/2009	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	13/01/2009	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	13/01/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/01/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	13/01/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	13/01/2009	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Terry Rooney	13/01/2009	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	13/01/2009	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	13/01/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	13/01/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	13/01/2009	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	13/01/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	13/01/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	13/01/2009	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	13/01/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	13/01/2009	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	13/01/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	13/01/2009	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	13/01/2009	Medway	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	13/01/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	13/01/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	13/01/2009	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	13/01/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	13/01/2009	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	14/01/2009	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	14/01/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	14/01/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Michael Weir	14/01/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Angus MacNeil	14/01/2009	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Dai Davies	14/01/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Janet Dean	14/01/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	14/01/2009	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	14/01/2009	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	14/01/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	14/01/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	14/01/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	14/01/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	14/01/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	15/01/2009	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	15/01/2009	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	15/01/2009	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	15/01/2009	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Joan Ryan	15/01/2009	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	15/01/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	15/01/2009	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	19/01/2009	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	19/01/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eddie McGrady	19/01/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Clare Short	19/01/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	19/01/2009	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Andrew Miller	20/01/2009	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	20/01/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	21/01/2009	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	21/01/2009	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	21/01/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Richard Burden	21/01/2009	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	26/01/2009	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Betty Williams	26/01/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	26/01/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	26/01/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Hamilton	27/01/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	27/01/2009	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Albert Owen	27/01/2009	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	27/01/2009	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Sally Keeble	27/01/2009	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/01/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	28/01/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Richard Taylor	28/01/2009	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Gavin Strang	28/01/2009	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	28/01/2009	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Julie Morgan	28/01/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	29/01/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	02/02/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	03/02/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	04/02/2009	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Nigel Dodds	05/02/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Jimmy Hood	09/02/2009	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	09/02/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nick Ainger	09/02/2009	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	10/02/2009	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	10/02/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	11/02/2009	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	11/02/2009	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	11/02/2009	Mitcham & Morden	Labour	Signed
John Mann	11/02/2009	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Mark Hendrick	11/02/2009	Preston	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	12/02/2009	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	12/02/2009	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	12/02/2009	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Stewart Hosie	23/02/2009	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Joe Benton	23/02/2009	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	23/02/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	23/02/2009	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	23/02/2009	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Daniel Kawczynski	24/02/2009	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Conservative	Signed
David Anderson	24/02/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Derek Twigg	24/02/2009	Halton	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	24/02/2009	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	24/02/2009	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	24/02/2009	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	24/02/2009	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Gordon Banks	25/02/2009	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	25/02/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
William McCrea	25/02/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
David Simpson	25/02/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Iris Robinson	25/02/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
John Mason	26/02/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	26/02/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	26/02/2009	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	26/02/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	26/02/2009	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	27/02/2009	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	02/03/2009	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
Sian James	02/03/2009	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	03/03/2009	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	04/03/2009	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	04/03/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Judy Mallaber	04/03/2009	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Peter Robinson	04/03/2009	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Nick Palmer	05/03/2009	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Paddy Tipping	05/03/2009	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Ian Paisley	09/03/2009	North Antrim	DUP	Signed
Dari Taylor	12/03/2009	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	19/03/2009	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	23/03/2009	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	02/04/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sammy Wilson	20/04/2009	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Nigel Griffiths	21/04/2009	Edinburgh South	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	21/05/2009	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Andrew Gwynne	10/06/2009	Denton & Reddish	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	16/06/2009	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
Shona McIsaac	17/06/2009	Cleethorpes	Labour	Signed
Tom Watson	20/07/2009	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
David Wright	Unknown			Withdrawn
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
George Mudie	Unknown			Withdrawn
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn
Sharon Hodgson	Unknown			Withdrawn

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