POST OFFICE NETWORK

Early day motion 668, tabled 3 February 2009 by Baroness Burt of Solihull (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 77 members.

That this House notes the vital importance of the Post Office network to communities both urban and rural; believes that the Post Office network is well placed to deliver a range of financial services and products which would assist in combating financial exclusion; further believes that the Post Office network offers an opportunity to act as an advisory interface between the state and the citizen in matters such as benefit and tax credit; and further believes that in light of the Hooper Review the Post Office network must be ring-fenced as a discrete, publicly owned network, and that the Government should invest in the network to create a postbank and advisory service.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 44, Labour 20, Independent 4, Conservative 2, DUP 2, Plaid Cymru 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Scottish National Party 1.