UK'S INTERNATIONAL MAIL CENTRES

Early day motion 583, tabled 30 March 2000 by Gwyn Prosser (Labour). Signed by 41 members.

That this House supports the efforts of the Post Office Union, CWU, to retain a continuing role for the UK's eight international mail centres known as Dover, London Mount Pleasant, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, Birmingham Z, Reading and Belfast; deplores the decision of the Post Office Board to centralise all international mail operations to a single new centre in Langley; condemns the Board's failure to accept alternative proposals made by the workforce and the many representations made by honourable Members; and insists that the Post Office honours its promise to make no compulsory redundancies.

Signatures by party: Labour 31, Liberal Democrat 4, Labour/Co-operative 3, Independent Labour 1, UUP 1, Unknown 1.