MACCLESFIELD CONSTITUENCY POST OFFICE BRANCHES

That this House is concerned by the proposed closure of the Bollinbrook, Bollington Cross, Sutton, Broken Cross, Gawsworth and Hockley post office branches in Macclesfield constituency; recognises the vital importance of these individual post office branches in serving the local communities; urges the Government and Post Office Ltd to listen properly to the views of all local people during the consultation process and reverse the policy of closing sub-post offices; acknowledges that the Bollinbrook, Bollington Cross, Sutton, Broken Cross, Gawsworth and Hockley post office branches in Macclesfield constituency provide their surrounding communities with their only source of accessing vital services; regrets that the Government has chosen to manage the decline of the Post Office network instead of finding solutions, which would bring new business to the sub-post offices, such as freeing sub-post offices to offer new services and to work with carriers other than the Royal Mail; calls upon Government to accept the essential and continuing need for the Bollinbrook, Bollington Cross, Sutton, Broken Cross, Gawsworth and Hockley post office branches and other sub-post offices throughout Macclesfield constituency to remain fully operational; and further calls on the Government to adopt a more constructive policy towards bringing new business to the network thereby saving many post office branches from closure.