POST OFFICE CLOSURES IN SOUTH BIRMINGHAM AND TRADE AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE INQUIRY

Early day motion 1360, tabled 16 June 2004 by Richard Burden (Labour). Signed by 28 members.

That this House, whilst welcoming Post Office Ltd's decision to reverse its recommendation to close three local post offices and review two others in South West Birmingham, notes that it is still intending to close 24 others across the south of the city; further notes that serious questions have been raised about the ways in which Post Office Ltd is conducting its Urban Reinvention programme; further notes that the programme nationally is already the subject of an inquiry by the Trade nd Industry Select Committee which has not been completed; and calls on Post Office Ltd not to implement its closure decisions in respect of South Birmingham until the Select Committee has reported its findings and Ministers have had the opportunity to respond to them.

Signatures by party: Labour 19, Liberal Democrat 5, DUP 2, Scottish National Party 2.