MACCLESFIELD CONSTITUENCY POST OFFICE BRANCHES

Early day motion 1814, tabled 17 June 2008 by Nicholas Winterton (Conservative). Signed by 7 members.

That this House is concerned by the proposed closure of the Bollinbrook, Bollington Cross, Sutton, Broken Cross, Gawsworth and Hockley post office branches in Macclesfield constituency; recognises the vital importance of these individual post office branches in serving the local communities; urges the Government and Post Office Ltd to listen properly to the views of all local people during the consultation process and reverse the policy of closing sub-post offices; acknowledges that the Bollinbrook, Bollington Cross, Sutton, Broken Cross, Gawsworth and Hockley post office branches in Macclesfield constituency provide their surrounding communities with their only source of accessing vital services; regrets that the Government has chosen to manage the decline of the Post Office network instead of finding solutions, which would bring new business to the sub-post offices, such as freeing sub-post offices to offer new services and to work with carriers other than the Royal Mail; calls upon Government to accept the essential and continuing need for the Bollinbrook, Bollington Cross, Sutton, Broken Cross, Gawsworth and Hockley post office branches and other sub-post offices throughout Macclesfield constituency to remain fully operational; and further calls on the Government to adopt a more constructive policy towards bringing new business to the network thereby saving many post office branches from closure.

Signatures by party: Conservative 3, Liberal Democrat 3, Labour 1.