New High Speed Rail Link To The North (EDM1150)

New High Speed Rail Link To The North

EDM number 1150 in 2001-02, proposed by Eric Martlew on 17/04/2002.

That this House applauds the proposals from the new Chair of the Strategic Rail Authority for a new high speed train line from London to the North, first articulated in 1993 by the West Coast Rail 250 Group and the West Coast Main Line All-Party Group; notes the lack of capacity on the West Coast Main Line and the difficulties the SRA are having in reconciling freight and passenger demands in its current review of the WCML upgrade options; and therefore urges the Government to make an early commitment to the construction of a new high speed line to the North, to be completed by 2015, the completion of which would complement the dedicated high speed Channel Tunnel Rail Link and would bring enormous economic, tourist and other benefits to the English regions, Scotland and North Wales.

This motion has been signed by a total of 30 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Eric Martlew	17/04/2002	Carlisle	Labour	Proposed
Brian Iddon	18/04/2002	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	18/04/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	18/04/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	18/04/2002	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	18/04/2002	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	18/04/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	18/04/2002	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	19/04/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/04/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	19/04/2002	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	22/04/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Russell Brown	22/04/2002	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	22/04/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	22/04/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Cairns	23/04/2002	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	23/04/2002	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Betty Williams	23/04/2002	Conwy	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	23/04/2002	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Hilton Dawson	23/04/2002	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	24/04/2002	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	24/04/2002	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	24/04/2002	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Pugh	25/04/2002	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	29/04/2002	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	29/04/2002	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	30/04/2002	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Jeff Ennis	07/05/2002	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	08/05/2002	Bedford	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	02/07/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed

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