PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF ROYAL MAIL (10 July 2005)

Motion Details

That this House welcomes the commitment from the Government in its General Election manifesto that `...we have given the Royal Mail greater commercial freedom and have no plans to privatise it. Our ambition is to see a publicly-owned Royal Mail fully restored to good health, providing customers with an excellent service and its employees with rewarding employment. We will review the impact on the Royal Mail of market liberalisation, which is being progressively introduced under the Postal Services Act 2000 and which allows alternative carriers to the Royal Mail to offer postal services'; notes that the industry's regulator, Postcomm, has proposed to initiate a complete liberalisation of the postal market in advance of EU liberalisation and that the regulator has further proposed to introduce an extremely restrictive price control; expresses concern that these two initiatives are being pursued with no reference to the anticipated review of the impact of the Postal Services Act 2000 on the Royal Mail; calls upon the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to initiate the review as soon as possible with the aim of strengthening the ability of Royal Mail to retain the Universal Service Obligation; and urges the Royal Mail and the Government to agree a business plan which is in line with the commitment given in the General Election manifesto and which provides for a successful publicly-owned Royal Mail with all shares continuing to be owned by the Government.

Sponsored by:
John Grogan (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
183
85%
 
 
Independent
13
6%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
4
2%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
3
1%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
3
1%
 
 
Non-affiliated
2
1%
 
 
Crossbench
2
1%
 
 
Speaker
1
0%
 
 
The Independent Group for Change
1
0%
 
 
Workers Party of Britain
1
0%
 
 
Not Available
1
0%
 
 
Lord Speaker
1
0%
 
Sponsor List (215 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Lab
Mr Graham Allen
Lab
Janet Anderson
Lab
Mr David Anderson
Lab
Charlotte Atkins
Lord Austin of Dudley
Lab
John Austin
Lab
Gordon Banks
Lab
Ms Celia Barlow
Lab
John Battle
Lab
Sir Hugh Bayley
Lab
Lord Beamish
Lab
Dame Anne Begg
Lab
Mr Joe Benton
Lab
Roger Berry
Lab
Mr Clive Betts
Sheffield South East
Lab
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
Lab
Mr David S. Borrow
Ind
Mr Nicholas Brown
Lab
Mr Russell Brown
Lab
Ms Lyn Brown
Lab
Richard Burden
Lab
Colin Burgon
Lab
Dawn Butler
Brent East
DUP
Mr Gregory Campbell
East Londonderry
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Colin Challen
Lab
Ben Chapman
Ind
Mr David Chaytor
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Baroness Clark of Kilwinning
Lab
Mr Tom Clarke
Lab
Mr David Clelland
Lab
Harry Cohen
Lab
Michael Connarty
Lab
Frank Cook
Lab
Rosie Cooper
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Jim Cousins
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Jon Cruddas
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
Lab
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas
Lab
Mr Ian Davidson
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Jim Devine
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Frank Dobson
DUP
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
Lab
Mr Brian H. Donohoe
Lab
Mr Frank Doran
Lab
Jim Dowd
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
SDLP
Mark Durkan
Lab
Dame Angela Eagle
Wallasey
Lab
Clive Efford
Eltham and Chislehurst
Ind
Dame Louise Ellman
Lab
Natascha Engel
Lab
Jeff Ennis
Lab
Bill Etherington
Lab
Paul Farrelly
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Lab
Mark Fisher
Lab
Robert Flello
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Michael Jabez Foster
Lab
Dr Hywel Francis
WPB
George Galloway
IGC
Mike Gapes
Lab
Mr Bruce George
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
Lab
Linda Gilroy
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Lab
Helen Goodman
Lab
Dame Nia Griffith
Llanelli
Lab
John Grogan (Sponsor)
Lab
Andrew Gwynne
Gorton and Denton
Lab
Patrick Hall
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Lab
Mr David Hamilton
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Lab
Mr Dai Havard
Lab
Mr Doug Henderson
Lab
Sir Mark Hendrick
Preston
Ind
Mr Stephen Hepburn
Ind
Lady Hermon
Lab
Stephen Hesford
Lab
David Heyes
Lab
Dame Meg Hillier
Hackney South and Shoreditch
Lab
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Washington and Gateshead South
Baroness Hoey
Lab
Mr Jim Hood
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Lab
Sir George Howarth
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
Lab
Mrs Joan Humble
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Glenda Jackson
Lab
Mrs Siân C. James
Lab
Mr Brian Jenkins
Lab
Dame Diana Johnson
Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Lab
Helen Jones
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Mr Martyn Jones
Lab
Sir Gerald Kaufman
Lab
Ms Sally Keeble
Lab
Baroness Keeley
Lab
Alan Keen
Lab
Mr Fraser Kemp
Lab
Mr Piara S Khabra
Lab
Sadiq Khan
Lab
Mr Peter Kilfoyle
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Ind
Peter Law
Lab
Mr Bob Laxton
Lab
Mark Lazarowicz
Lab
David Lepper
Lab
Tony Lloyd
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Mr Andrew Love
Lab
Mr John MacDougall
Lab
Andrew Mackinlay
Lab
Mr Shahid Malik
Lab
Judy Mallaber
Lab
Rob Marris
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Lab
Mr David Marshall
Lab
Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews
Lab
Mr Eric Martlew
Lab
Chris McCafferty
Lab
Kerry McCarthy
Bristol East
Lab
Sarah McCarthy-Fry
DUP
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
SDLP
Dr Alasdair McDonnell
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lord Speaker
Lord McFall of Alcluith
Lab
Jim McGovern
SDLP
Mr Eddie McGrady
Lab
Ann McKechin
Lab
Rosemary McKenna
Lab
Mr Michael Meacher
Lab
Andrew Miller
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Lab
Anne Moffat
Lab
Laura Moffatt
Lab
Mrs Madeleine Moon
Lab
Julie Morgan
Lab
Mr George Mudie
Lab
Mr Chris Mullin
Lab
Lord Murphy of Torfaen
Lab
Mr Denis Murphy
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Lab
Mr Edward O'Hara
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
Lab
Sandra Osborne
Lab
Albert Owen
Lab
Mr Greg Pope
Lab
Mr Gordon Prentice
PC
Adam Price
Lab
Gwyn Prosser
Lab
Mr Ken Purchase
Lab
Mrs Linda Riordan
Lab
Mr Geoffrey Robinson
Lab
Mr Terry Rooney
Lab
Chris Ruane
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
Lab
Martin Salter
Lab
Mr Mohammad Sarwar
Lab
Alison Seabeck
Lab
Jim Sheridan
Clare Short
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Lab
Andy Slaughter
Hammersmith and Chiswick
Lab
Geraldine Smith
Lab
John Smith
Lab
Anne Snelgrove
Lab
Sir Peter Soulsby
Lab
Helen Southworth
Lab
Lord Spellar
Lab
Dr Phyllis Starkey
Lab
Ian Stewart
Lab
Dr Howard Stoate
Lab
Dr Gavin Strang
Lab
Graham Stringer
Blackley and Middleton South
XB
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston
Lab
David Taylor
Lab
Emily Thornberry
Islington South and Finsbury
Lab
Jon Trickett
Normanton and Hemsworth
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
Lab
Dr Desmond Turner
Lab
Kitty Ussher
Lab
Keith Vaz
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Joan Walley
Lab
Lynda Waltho
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
PC
Hywel Williams
Lab
Mr Alan Williams
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
DUP
Sammy Wilson
East Antrim
Lab
Mr David Winnick
Lab
Mike Wood
Lab
Dr Tony Wright
Lab
Mr Anthony Wright
Lab
Derek Wyatt

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