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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Bruce of Bennachie (Liberal Democrat), on Wednesday, 13 October 2004, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 22 members in total.

MEMBER FOR LEICESTER WEST AND ABERDEEN POST OFFICES

That this House notes the error made by the honourable Member for Leicester West when she urged the honourable Member for Twickenham during Trade and Industry Questions on 16th September 'If he wants to help post offices, I suggest that he talks to his Liberal Democrat friends in Aberdeen Council, who have stopped people being able to pay their council tax, council rents and business rates at the post office' when it was the previous Labour administration who withdrew these services from the citizens of Aberdeen; welcomes the fact the Liberal Democrat led administration is close to concluding an agreement to reinstate the payment service, but regrets that as a result of the Government's incompetent and incoherent policies the Liberal Democrat led council administration is too late to prevent the closure of 10 sub-post offices within the city, while congratulating the Liberal Democrat council led campaign which saved four branches threatened with closure.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

MEMBER FOR LEICESTER WEST AND ABERDEEN POST OFFICES (1725A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Frank Doran (primary, Labour) and tabled on Tuesday, 26 October 2004. It has been signed by 2 members in total.
leave out from 'House' to end and add 'notes the strong support from the honourable Member for Leicester West for the Post Office network reorganisation and the new investment which will be made in Aberdeen post offices; deplores the failure of Liberal Democrat councillors after 76 weeks in power to allow Aberdeen citizens to use Aberdeen post offices to pay for council services like rent, business rates, home help charges or waste management charges; further notes that all of these payments can be made for free in Edinburgh because of the support Edinburgh's Labour administration gives to Edinburgh post offices; notes also that the present LibDem Council leader supported the withdrawal of payment of these services at a meeting of the council's Finance Sub-Committee on 10th May 1996; further notes that no discussions have been held with the Post Office since August and the council has made no decisions on increasing the use of post offices; and further notes that the LibDem DTI spokesperson, the honourable Member for Twickenham, with the honourable Member for Weston-Super-Mare and Nick Clegg MEP, produced the Liberal Democrat policy document last year proposing the privatisation of the Post Office as the Dutch have done,which would have a most serious effect on the Post Office network in Aberdeen.

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
1725 
1725A1 
Session
2003-04
Other sponsors
Vincent Cable
Alistair Carmichael
Alan Reid
John Barrett
Robert Smith
Subjects
Closures Post offices Postal services Scotland Aberdeen
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk