POST OFFICES IN WALES

Early day motion 82, tabled 23 November 2004 by Bill Wiggin (Conservative). Signed by 50 members.

That this House expresses concern over the planned closure of the Sketty Park Post Office in Swansea West constituency; calls on the Post Office to take into account not only the distance between existing post offices but also the nature of the community of older or disabled people, and to take the views of both the public and Postwatch into account before announcing any closures; believes that the Government's failure to intervene has resulted in the closure of urban post offices which would have remained open had a systematic closure programme with full consultation been undertaken by the Post Office; and therefore deplores the closure of any post office which did not take these factors fully into account.

Signatures by party: Conservative 41, Liberal Democrat 4, DUP 2, Independent Conservative 1, Labour 1.