PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
POST OFFICES AND BENEFIT PAYMENTS (7 December 1999)
Motion Details
That this House attaches great importance to the maintenance of a nationwide network of town and village post offices; notes the concerns of the National Federation of Subpostmasters about the implications for the network of the move to benefit payment by Automated Credit Transfer over the period 2003 to 2005; and therefore calls on the Government to offer reassurances to Britain's subpostmasters and subpostmistresses that their livelihoods will not be jeopardised by this change.
Sponsored by:
Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
67
48%
Liberal Democrat
31
22%
Conservative
20
14%
Independent
9
6%
Ulster Unionist Party
4
3%
Plaid Cymru
3
2%
Scottish National Party
3
2%
Speaker
1
1%
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
1%
Crossbench
1
1%
Sponsor List (140 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Con
Sir David Amess
LD
Norman Baker
LD
Jackie Ballard
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
LD
Lord Beith
Ind
Mr Martin Bell
Lab
Mr Tony Benn
Lab
Mr Gerry Bermingham
Lab
Mr Harold Best
Lab
Hazel Blears
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Lab
Peter Bradley
Con
Lord Brady of Altrincham
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Dr Peter Brand
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
LD
Mr Colin Breed
Lab
Mr Russell Brown
LD
Lord Burnett
LD
Paul Burstow
Lab
Christine Butler
LD
Sir Vince Cable
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Martin Caton
Ind
Mr David Chaytor
LD
Lord Chidgey
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Mr Tony Clarke
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
Jim Cousins
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Valerie Davey
Lab
Mr Ron Davies
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
Lab
Bill Etherington
SNP
Mrs Margaret Ewing
LD
Lord Fearn
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Lab
Mrs Lorna Fitzsimons
Lab
Mrs Maria Fyfe
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
LD
Sandra Gidley
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Con
Mr John Greenway
Lab
Mr Win Griffiths
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Mr David Heath
Lab
Stephen Hesford
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
Lab
Mr Alan Hurst
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lynne Jones
PC
Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Con
Julie Kirkbride
LD
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Lab
Dr Stephen Ladyman
Lab
Mrs Jackie Lawrence
Lab
Mr Bob Laxton
Lab
David Lepper
Lab
Mr Terry Lewis
LD
Lord Livsey of Talgarth
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Con
Tim Loughton
Lab
Mr Andrew Love
Con
Sir Peter Luff
SDLP
Mr Seamus Mallon
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
LD
Mrs Ray Michie
Lab
Andrew Miller
Lab
Austin Mitchell
LD
Michael Moore
SNP
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Con
Mr Patrick Nicholls
Con
Mr Stephen O'Brien
Lab
Sir Bill O'Brien
Lab
Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan
Lab
Linda Perham
Lab
Mr Gordon Prentice
Lab
Gwyn Prosser
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Lab
Syd Rapson
Lab
Mr Andy Reed
LD
Mr David Rendel
Con
Mr Laurence Robertson
UUP
Mr William Ross
Con
Mr Andrew Rowe
Lab
Lord Rowlands
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
Con
Mr David Ruffley
LD
Sir Bob Russell
LD
Mr Adrian Sanders
Lab
Phil Sawford
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Lab
Llew Smith
LD
Sir Robert Smith
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Con
Lord Spicer
Lab
Mr George Stevenson
LD
Lord Stunell
SNP
Mr John Swinney
LD
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Lab
David Taylor
Con
Mr John D. Taylor
UUP
Mr William Thompson
Lab
Mr Mark Todd
Con
David Tredinnick
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
LD
Lord Tyler
Con
Sir Peter Viggers
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Joan Walley
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
LD
Steve Webb (Sponsor)
PC
Lord Wigley
Lab
Mr Alan Williams
LD
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
Con
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Lab
Mike Wood
Lab
Dr Tony Wright
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