PROPOSED CLOSURE OF CASTLE POINT POST OFFICE BRANCHES

Early day motion 1903, tabled 25 June 2008 by Bob Spink (UKIP). Signed by 3 members.

That this House is concerned by the proposed closure of Castle Point post office branches 173 Church Road, Thundersley and Dovervelt Road, Canvey Island; 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 these sub-post offices; regrets that the Government has brought about the decline of the post office network, rather than freeing sub-post offices to offer new services and to work with carriers other than the Royal Mail; calls upon the Government to accept the essential and continuing need for the 173 Church Road, Thundersley and Dovervelt Road, Canvey post office branches and other sub-post offices throughout Castle Point and Essex; and further calls on the Government to withdraw from undemocratic and improper regulation imposed on the UK by Europe which is a major reason for the closure programme, to reverse its withdrawal of public business from post offices, to retain the Post Office Card Account and adopt a more constructive policy towards bringing new business to the network, thereby saving post office branches from closure.

Signatures by party: Independent 1, Labour 1, UKIP 1.