POST OFFICE BRANCHES WITHIN SUPERMARKETS

Early day motion 764, tabled 10 February 2009 by Tom Harris (Labour). Signed by 42 members.

That this House congratulates those supermarkets which continue to accommodate post offices within their stores; deplores the decision of those supermarkets which have excluded long-established post offices from their premises, often for purely commercial reasons and without regard for their customers' convenience or for alternative post office provision in the local area; and calls on local planning authorities throughout the country to impose conditions on any new supermarket development that would oblige the applicant to offer to accommodate a post office within any new store and to guarantee an appropriate minimum period during which the post office's tenancy rights would be guaranteed.

Signatures by party: Labour 34, DUP 3, Liberal Democrat 2, Independent 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.