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Royal Mail Withdrawal From Use Of Rail

EDM number 1380 in 2002-03, proposed by Alan Simpson on 10/06/2003.

That this House condemns the decision of Royal Mail to transfer the movement of mail from rail freight to other modes of transport by the end of the summer with a direct threat to 500 rail jobs and other jobs at dedicated rail terminals, depots and loading facilities; believes that this decision is short-term and ill conceived and represents a direct challenge to the Government's own policy of increasing the use of freight on rail; notes with dismay the increased congestion on Britain's already over busy road network which will result in an extra 30.5 million lorry miles and the release of an additional 15 thousand tonnes of pollutants per annum; believes that the decision not only undermines the Government's own transport policy but also its environmental and employment objectives; and calls upon the Government to immediately review the decision of Royal Mail in view of its consequences for congestion, the environment, jobs and the rail industry.

This motion has been signed by a total of 192 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alan Simpson10/06/2003Nottingham SouthLabourProposed
Alice Mahon10/06/2003HalifaxLabourSigned
John McDonnell10/06/2003Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer10/06/2003KeighleyLabourSigned
David Drew10/06/2003StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
David Hamilton10/06/2003MidlothianLabourSigned
Martin Salter11/06/2003Reading WestLabourSigned
Kate Hoey11/06/2003VauxhallLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell11/06/2003Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Martin Caton11/06/2003GowerLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn11/06/2003Islington NorthLabourSigned
Win Griffiths11/06/2003BridgendLabourSigned
Mike Hancock11/06/2003Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker11/06/2003LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Harold Best11/06/2003Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Rudi Vis11/06/2003Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Alan Whitehead11/06/2003Southampton, TestLabourSigned
Eric Illsley12/06/2003Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd12/06/2003Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Tom Brake12/06/2003Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Burden12/06/2003Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Vincent Cable12/06/2003TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Terry Davis12/06/2003Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore12/06/2003HendonLabourSigned
Harry Barnes12/06/2003North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Simon Thomas12/06/2003CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Paul Tyler12/06/2003North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Sue Doughty13/06/2003GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Gidley13/06/2003RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Irene Adams13/06/2003Paisley NorthLabourSigned
Alan Hurst16/06/2003BraintreeLabourSigned
Lynne Jones16/06/2003Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Paul Keetch16/06/2003HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Lazarowicz16/06/2003Edinburgh North & LeithLabour Co-operativeSigned
David Chidgey16/06/2003EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham16/06/2003Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Tom Cox16/06/2003TootingLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin16/06/2003Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Huw Edwards16/06/2003MonmouthLabourSigned
Andrew George16/06/2003St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams16/06/2003ConwyLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser17/06/2003DoverLabourSigned
Syd Rapson17/06/2003Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Terry Lewis17/06/2003WorsleyLabourSigned
John Lyons17/06/2003Strathkelvin & BearsdenLabourSigned
Rob Marris17/06/2003Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty17/06/2003Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Janet Dean17/06/2003BurtonLabourSigned
Robert Wareing17/06/2003Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Frank Roy18/06/2003Motherwell & WishawLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson18/06/2003Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
John Barrett18/06/2003Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Marsden19/06/2003Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
David Crausby19/06/2003Bolton North EastLabourSigned
David Borrow19/06/2003South RibbleLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard20/06/2003WalthamstowLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins23/06/2003Luton NorthLabourSigned
Kevin Hughes23/06/2003Doncaster NorthLabourSigned
Nigel Jones23/06/2003CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Flook23/06/2003TauntonConservativeSigned
John Grogan24/06/2003SelbyLabourSigned
Gerry Steinberg24/06/2003Durham, City ofLabourSigned
David Rendel25/06/2003NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell25/06/2003ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders25/06/2003TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey25/06/2003North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Heath25/06/2003Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Holmes25/06/2003ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Marsden25/06/2003Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Lembit 25/06/2003MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed25/06/2003South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke25/06/2003Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Burstow25/06/2003Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Menzies Campbell25/06/2003Fife North EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Cotter25/06/2003Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward Davey25/06/2003Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Foster25/06/2003BathLiberal DemocratSigned
George Stevenson25/06/2003Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
Steve Webb25/06/2003NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis25/06/2003Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Younger-Ross25/06/2003TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Jenny Tonge30/06/2003Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Dennis Skinner01/07/2003BolsoverLabourSigned
Helen Clark01/07/2003PeterboroughLabourSigned
Joan Walley01/07/2003Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Peter Kilfoyle02/07/2003Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith02/07/2003Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Patsy Calton02/07/2003CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington02/07/2003Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
George Galloway02/07/2003Glasgow, KelvinLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey02/07/2003West Bromwich WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
John Battle02/07/2003Leeds WestLabourSigned
John Pugh03/07/2003SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Martlew03/07/2003CarlisleLabourSigned
Jim Cousins03/07/2003Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Claire Curtis-Thomas03/07/2003CrosbyLabourSigned
John Austin03/07/2003Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Clive Betts03/07/2003Sheffield, AttercliffeLabourSigned
Chris Mole04/07/2003IpswichLabourSigned
Dave Watts04/07/2003St Helens NorthLabourSigned
Keith Bradley07/07/2003Manchester, WithingtonLabourSigned
David Chaytor07/07/2003Bury NorthLabourSigned
Valerie Davey07/07/2003Bristol WestLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff07/07/2003Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small HeathLabourSigned
David Winnick07/07/2003Walsall NorthLabourSigned
Adam Price08/07/2003Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
George Howarth08/07/2003Knowsley North & Sefton EastLabourSigned
Joan Humble08/07/2003Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Gavin Strang08/07/2003Edinburgh East & MusselburghLabourSigned
Alex Salmond09/07/2003Banff & BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Marsha Singh09/07/2003Bradford WestLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara09/07/2003Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis09/07/2003Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Andrew Bennett09/07/2003Denton & ReddishLabourSigned
David Taylor09/07/2003North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Joyce Quin10/07/2003Gateshead East & Washington WestLabourSigned
Denis Murphy10/07/2003WansbeckLabourSigned
Bill Olner10/07/2003NuneatonLabourSigned
Colin Challen10/07/2003Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Louise Ellman10/07/2003Liverpool, RiversideLabour Co-operativeSigned
Richard Allan10/07/2003Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Teddy Taylor10/07/2003Rochford & Southend EastConservativeSigned
Michael Weir10/07/2003AngusScottish National PartySigned
Bob Blizzard11/07/2003WaveneyLabourSigned
Harry Cohen14/07/2003Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Mike Gapes14/07/2003Ilford SouthLabour Co-operativeSigned
Julie Morgan15/07/2003Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Linda Perham15/07/2003Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood15/07/2003ClydesdaleLabourSigned
Russell Brown15/07/2003DumfriesLabourSigned
Hywel Francis15/07/2003AberavonLabourSigned
Patrick Hall15/07/2003BedfordLabourSigned
Candy Atherton15/07/2003Falmouth & CamborneLabourSigned
David Amess16/07/2003Southend WestConservativeSigned
Parmjit Dhanda17/07/2003GloucesterLabourSigned
Khalid Mahmood17/07/2003Birmingham, Perry BarrLabourSigned
Hugh Bayley17/07/2003York, City ofLabourSigned
Kerry Pollard08/09/2003St AlbansLabourSigned
Alan Reid08/09/2003Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris Ruane08/09/2003Vale of ClwydLabourSigned
Joan Ruddock08/09/2003Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Malcolm Savidge08/09/2003Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Phil Sawford08/09/2003KetteringLabourSigned
Jonathan R Shaw08/09/2003Chatham & AylesfordLabourSigned
Barry Sheerman08/09/2003HuddersfieldLabour Co-operativeSigned
Chris Smith08/09/2003Islington South & FinsburyLabourSigned
Geraldine Smith08/09/2003Morecambe & LunesdaleLabourSigned
Dai Havard08/09/2003Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneyLabourSigned
Julie Kirkbride08/09/2003BromsgroveConservativeSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews08/09/2003MedwayLabourSigned
Alan Meale08/09/2003MansfieldLabourSigned
Michael Moore08/09/2003Tweeddale, Ettrick & LauderdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Oaten08/09/2003WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Diana Organ08/09/2003Forest of DeanLabourSigned
Karen Buck08/09/2003Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Colin Burgon08/09/2003ElmetLabourSigned
John Burnett08/09/2003Torridge & West DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Alistair Carmichael08/09/2003Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Iain Coleman08/09/2003Hammersmith & FulhamLabourSigned
Robin Cook08/09/2003LivingstonLabourSigned
Frank Dobson08/09/2003Holborn & St PancrasLabourSigned
Julia Drown08/09/2003South SwindonLabourSigned
Annabelle Ewing08/09/2003PerthScottish National PartySigned
Paul Farrelly08/09/2003Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Matthew Green08/09/2003LudlowLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Beith08/09/2003Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Joe Benton08/09/2003BootleLabourSigned
Roger Berry08/09/2003KingswoodLabourSigned
John Thurso08/09/2003Caithness, Sutherland & Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Desmond Turner08/09/2003Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Robert Walter08/09/2003North DorsetConservativeSigned
Tony Worthington08/09/2003Clydebank & MilngavieLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham09/09/2003Coventry SouthLabourSigned
David Heyes10/09/2003Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Simon Hughes10/09/2003North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Clarke10/09/2003Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Malcolm Bruce11/09/2003GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Taylor15/09/2003SolihullConservativeSigned
Paul Truswell15/09/2003PudseyLabourSigned
Frank Field16/09/2003BirkenheadLabourSigned
Greg Pope18/09/2003HyndburnLabourSigned
Gillian Shephard18/09/2003South West NorfolkConservativeSigned
Lady Hermon18/09/2003North DownUUPSigned
Calum MacDonald14/10/2003Na h-Eileanan an IarLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne14/10/2003AyrLabourSigned
Ann McKechin20/10/2003Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Andy King21/10/2003Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
Archy Kirkwood21/10/2003Roxburgh & BerwickshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Gibson03/11/2003Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Richard Taylor03/11/2003Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
John Randall04/11/2003UxbridgeConservativeSigned
Sarah Teather17/11/2003Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned

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