Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Blencathra (Conservative), on Monday, 18 December 2006, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 9 members in total.

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POST OFFICE NETWORK IN CUMBRIA

That this House notes the Government's plan to scrap 2,500 post offices on the grounds that the network costs the Government ??150 million per annum; further notes that in the last year alone ??168 million of Government services have been taken away from the network and believes that it is the policies of this Government which has caused the loss; further believes that village post offices are a vital social lifeline and that mobile post offices can never be the centre of village life; is concerned that Cumbria, the poorest sub-region in the whole of Europe, will take a disproportionate share of the closures; and asks the Government to assist Cumbria rather than push it further down the economic league table.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

522 

Session

2006-07

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Tim Farron

Bob Spink

Andrew Rosindell

Andrew Pelling

Subjects

Closures Cumbria Post offices

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk