§ Mr. Tony Colman (Putney) (Lab)I present a petition signed by my constituents opposed to the closure of the post office located in a successful retail outlet at 2A Montford place, Princes way, Southfields. The closure is opposed not only by me and my constituents, but by Wandsworth council, and is being strongly queried by Postwatch.
The petition reads:
To the House of Commons
The petition of residents of Southfields in the constituency of Putney,
Declares that the Post Office has proposed the closure of the post office in Princes Way in Southfields; protests that this closure will have a detrimental impact on the local community, especially the elderly, less mobile and disabled and parents with young children; notes the hilly nature of the terrain in which that post office is situated and that there is not another post office within easy walking distance and deplores the farcical so-called consultation process initiated by the Post Office in which the general public's and other stakeholders' views are contemptuously set aside.
The Petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urge on H M Government to exercise their shareholders' rights to direct the Post Office to withdraw this closure proposal.
And the Petitioners remain, etc.
§ To lie upon the Table.