Hope you don't mind me asking a question. 

Why is the vote and discussion on NON geographical numbers being discussed under the section Geographical numbers chat?

Or have I missed something?

Hi there, maybe the following would be of help - I follow the 'KISS' principle (keep it simple,silly), otherwise I get too verbose!   


Friday 10 February 2006

Dear Paul Keetch,

"USE OF 0870 TELEPHONE NUMBERS BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS19.07.2005

Campbell, Gregory
That this House notes the proliferation of 0870 prefix telephone
numbers used by a range of Government Departments for members of the
public to get in touch; recognises the fact that they can cost up to
two and a half times more than regional numbers, and that in some cases
departments make substantial profits from such numbers; further notes
that last year the Government's Central Office of Information urged
Departments not to use 0870 numbers as the cost could act as a barrier
to communicating information that the citizen should have access to as
a right; and calls upon the Government to take action to end this
indefensible practice."

I notice that your signature is not among those who have signed - can
you tell me why?  To see further, go to the following link:

http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=28872%09%09%09%09%09%09%09&...)

Yours sincerely,

Paula XXXX

A couple more MPs have signed the motion, taking the total to 55, compared with 45 when this thread was started.

Let's hope some more readers of this thread click on the link to send an email to their MP.

Dave wrote on Mar 4^th, 2006 at 6:34pm:


Please name the offending MP in the hope it may shame him/her to take action on this issue.

Progress continues, albeit slowly. 59 MPs have now signed the motion condemning 0870 numbers.