MP Submits EDM Rejecting Privatisation Of Royal Mail

Geraldine Smith MP has submitted the following Early Day Motion to the House of Commons re Royal Mail:

EDM 428   - Royal Mail – 13.01.2009

ROYAL MAIL  13.01.2009

Smith, Geraldine
That this House notes that the Labour Party Conference 2008, with the backing of Ministers, supported a vision of a wholly publicly-owned, integrated Royal Mail Group; welcomes the conclusion of the Hooper Report that the current universal service obligation offered by Royal Mail, including six days a week delivery, must be protected and that the primary duty of a new regulator should be to maintain it; further welcomes the recommendations in the Report that the Government should take responsibility for the pensions deficit which followed an extended contributions holiday; endorses the call for a new relationship between management and postal unions and welcomes the commitment of the Communication Workers Union to negotiate an agreement which would support the modernisation of the industry; observes that in 2007 the Government agreed to a £1.2 billion loan facility on commercial terms to modernise Royal Mail operations; rejects the recommendation of the Hooper Report to sell a minority stake in Royal Mail which would risk fracturing one of Britain's greatest public services; further notes that the Government is currently advertising for a new Chair of Royal Mail; and urges the Secretary of State to appoint a Chair and management team who are committed to the principles of a modern public enterprise.

By far the quickest way to ask your MP to sign the EDM is to visit the website and enter your postcode:here 
 

........then forward your email in your own words

“I am contacting you to request that you support and sign EDM 428 (ROYAL MAIL) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………

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IF YOU DO HAVE THE TIME ALSO SEND THE LETTER OR MAKE THE PHONE CALL, OR EVEN VISIT YOUR MP AT THEIR SURGERY.  MPs REACT FAR BETTER TO THIS.

If you wish to see which MPs have signed EDM 428 then visit here

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