VIABILITY OF POST OFFICES

Early day motion 656, tabled 3 February 2005 by Harry Barnes (Labour). Signed by 57 members.

That this House is concerned that certain banks including HSBC, NatWest, Abbey and Halifax only allow basic bank accounts to be accessed through post offices, unlike Lloyds TSB, Barclays and Alliance and Leicester, who allow a far greater range of services to be accessed through post offices branches; and believes that the inclusion of the missing banks in this wider scheme would significantly improve the viability of all post offices.

Signatures by party: Labour 35, Liberal Democrat 13, Scottish National Party 3, DUP 2, Labour/Co-operative 2, Plaid Cymru 2.