Rural Postal Services: Sustainability
Debate between Stephanie Peacock and Jamie Stone(6 months ago)
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Jamie Stone
My right hon. Friend represents the furthest constituency—even further away than mine—so he indeed knows what he is talking about.
Money is lost. There are, however, other ways to ensure the sustainability of rural post offices. We have heard how we can do this from the numerous interventions, for which I thank all hon. and right hon. Members.
Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East) (Lab)
I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way, and for tabling this important debate. There has been an issue in my constituency—which I think can be described as semi-rural—with the post office in Darfield regularly not opening. I am hopeful that we will have a solution, and perhaps the Minister can pick up on this, because it has been tricky to get the Post Office to act when there have been regular closures. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that it has a real impact when residents cannot access the post office due to regular closures and the travel time is not sustainable?