Royal Mail

EDM number 738 in 2010-12, proposed by Jon Trickett on 14/09/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Postal services.

That this House opposes proposals put forward by the Government to privatise Royal Mail; notes that Royal Mail's profits rose by 26 per cent. to 404 million in 2010; fully supports the modernisation programme agreed by management and unions; further notes that these modernisation plans are fully funded and require no external financial investment from private companies; believes that any decision to remove Royal Mail from public ownership would be deeply unpopular with the public; fears that the Government's proposals will result in increased prices for customers; and calls on the Government to re-examine other ways to support the modernisation of Royal Mail and in doing so ensure that Royal Mail remains a wholly publicly-owned organisation.

This motion has been signed by a total of 84 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.