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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tom Harris (Labour), on Tuesday, 10 February 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 42 members in total.

POST OFFICE BRANCHES WITHIN SUPERMARKETS

That this House congratulates those supermarkets which continue to accommodate post offices within their stores; deplores the decision of those supermarkets which have excluded long-established post offices from their premises, often for purely commercial reasons and without regard for their customers' convenience or for alternative post office provision in the local area; and calls on local planning authorities throughout the country to impose conditions on any new supermarket development that would oblige the applicant to offer to accommodate a post office within any new store and to guarantee an appropriate minimum period during which the post office's tenancy rights would be guaranteed.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

POST OFFICE BRANCHES WITHIN SUPERMARKETS (764A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by David Chaytor (primary, Labour) and tabled on Thursday, 12 February 2009. It has been signed by 1 members in total.
after `area', insert `particularly regrets that the current Ramsbottom Post Office will shortly be expelled from its ideal location within the current Ramsbottom Co-op supermarket, following the recent transfer of ownership to Morrisons, and urges the senior management of Morrisons to rapidly reconsider this massively unpopular decision;

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
764 
764A1 
Session
2008-09
Other sponsors
Mohammad Sarwar
Lindsay Hoyle
Parmjit Dhanda
Siobhain McDonagh
Sian C James
Subjects
Postal services
Link
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