It has not gone unnoticed that 90 Labour MPs complained about some element of the consultation process and it is clear that these are not isolated anomalies in a consultation scheme which is largely correct.
Despite this, only 20 Labour MPs actually voted to suspend the closures. People will not understand how MPs can say one thing in Parliament and another in their constituency.
One of the major concerns is that these closures are illogical. It is simply a computer which has decided to close a post office which is deemed too close to another, even if it happens to be profitable and easily accessed by its customers.
The Post Office is complacently assuming that all of the business at the closing profitable office will simply migrate to surviving branches.
This conveniently supposes people will travel the extra distance irrespective of the public transport connections or the accessibility for vulnerable groups and the elderly.
Closing post offices have been told they will not be allowed to provide services which would compete for business with the surviving ones. This means those shops would not be able to provide services such as PayPoint or the National Lottery.
These are often the most profitable parts of a business and so, along with the removal of the post office services, these small shops may no longer be viable, so the post office is not just deciding where you can buy your stamps but also where you can buy a pint of milk or loaf of bread.
West Yorkshire's closures have now been announced and 18 per cent of the branch network is threatened with closure.
Rest assured we will be writing to Labour MPs who voted against the suspension of the Government-imposed closure programme to question how consistent they plan to be in their constituencies in the coming months. While the Government says it is listening we will be fighting to save post offices across Yorkshire.

Charles Hendry, MP
(Shadow Minister for Postal Affairs)