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Statement on the Post Office Card Account
Post Offices
13-Nov-2008
Mr. Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) (LD): I hope that the Secretary of State will join me in paying tribute to Mervyn Jones, who is a constituent of mine—indeed, my next-door neighbour—and also president of the National Federation of SubPostmasters. He and his colleagues around the country deserve a great deal of recognition for their work in briefing Members of the House on this matter, and I welcome the decision that the right hon. Gentleman has taken.
However, notwithstanding the Secretary of State’s answers to previous questions, all the sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses who are grateful for today’s announcement will now be worrying about how much they will get per transaction. Will he come clean about that, and put their minds at rest?
James Purnell: We have yet to award the contract to the Post Office. Clearly, we will be in discussions and negotiations about that, and that is the right way to proceed. We have made it clear that we will be awarding the contract, which will give people certainty between now and 2015, but the hon. Gentleman is right to say that we should recognise the work that sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses do. I am sure that he will join me in congratulating George Thomson on the work that he has done as general secretary of the National Federation of SubPostmasters, along with all of his members.
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