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Post Office Closures In Ceredigion And Powys

EDM number 1221 in 2007-08, proposed by Mark Williams on 18/03/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Postal services and Service industries.

That this House is dismayed at plans to close 13 of Ceredigion and Powys' 166 post offices, and to remove the post office as a permanent fixture in 24 other communities in the area; notes with concern that these plans will mean the closure of 22 per cent. of permanent post offices in Ceredigion and Powys; recognises the social importance of the post office to rural communities, where the post office is often also the village shop or garage; further notes that over 90 per cent. of people in the area live in rural communities; welcomes the support given by the Government through the Sustainable Communities Act to the principle of allowing local communities to keep their post offices if they so wish; and urges the Government to place a moratorium on post office closures, to allow communities to use the powers in the Sustainable Communities Act and the powers of devolved administrations to minimise those losses and protect the quality of life of the people living in those communities.

This motion has been signed by a total of 20 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Mark Williams18/03/2008CeredigionLiberal DemocratProposed
Roger Williams18/03/2008Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSeconded
Lembit 18/03/2008MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSeconded
Robert Wareing19/03/2008Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSeconded
Gregory Campbell19/03/2008East LondonderryDUPSeconded
Willie Rennie19/03/2008Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSeconded
David Simpson19/03/2008Upper BannDUPSigned
Mike Hancock19/03/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming20/03/2008Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn20/03/2008Islington NorthLabourSigned
John McDonnell20/03/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Mark Hunter25/03/2008CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson26/03/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Edward Davey26/03/2008Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis26/03/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
John Leech26/03/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey27/03/2008North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Adam Price02/04/2008Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Vincent Cable21/04/2008TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Iris Robinson29/04/2008StrangfordDUPSigned

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