Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Danny Alexander (Liberal Democrat), on Thursday, 15 May 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 57 members in total.

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POST OFFICE CARD ACCOUNT (No. 2)

That this House notes that the current contract for the Post Office Card Account expires in 2010; further notes that the Department for Work and Pensions is currently tendering for the successor to the Post Office Card Account from 2010 onwards; further notes that over four million pensioners have chosen to use the card account to receive their pension every week and that it is also used for the receipt of other benefits and tax credits; supports the view of the National Federation of Sub-Postmasters that any decision not to award the new contract to the Post Office would be an `absolute disaster', threatening the future of over 3,000 post offices on top of the 2,500 closures already in the pipeline; and calls on the Department for Work and Pensions to support the wish of millions of people to access their pensions and benefits at the Post Office by announcing that the Post Office will provide the successor to the card account.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1584 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Kelvin Hopkins

Andrew George

Mike Hancock

Angus Brendan MacNeil

Subjects

Post office card account

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk