Greater Manchester Metro Link Extension (EDM1581)

Greater Manchester Metro Link Extension

EDM number 1581 in 2003-04, proposed by Lorna Fitzsimons on 22/07/2004.

That this House notes with regret the Secretary of State for Transport's announcement on light rail and the great concern and disappointment of the people of Greater Manchester; welcomes his acceptance that the Manchester Metro has been successful and that it got a good assessment from the National Audit Office; accepts that there has been a dramatic increase in the costs of the planned extension; welcomes the Secretary of State's agreement to sit down urgently with local authorities, GMPTA and the financiers urgently to review the affordability of the scheme; and calls on the Secretary of State to do this at the earliest possible opportunity, given the pressing timetable especially with the potential impact on economic regeneration in the areas covered by the Oldham, Rochdale and Ashton under Lyne and South Manchester extensions.

This motion has been signed by a total of 39 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Lorna Fitzsimons	22/07/2004	Rochdale	Labour	Proposed
David Heyes	22/07/2004	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	22/07/2004	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	22/07/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Keith Bradley	22/07/2004	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	22/07/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	07/09/2004	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	07/09/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	08/09/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Wayne David	08/09/2004	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	08/09/2004	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	08/09/2004	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Pike	09/09/2004	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	09/09/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	13/09/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	13/09/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	14/09/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	14/09/2004	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Lewis	14/09/2004	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	14/09/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patsy Calton	14/09/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	15/09/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chaytor	15/09/2004	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	15/09/2004	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	15/09/2004	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	16/09/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	16/09/2004	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	16/09/2004	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	11/10/2004	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	14/10/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	14/10/2004	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	14/10/2004	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Beverley Hughes	19/10/2004	Stretford & Urmston	Labour	Signed
Lembit	20/10/2004	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	04/11/2004	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	04/11/2004	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Meacher	10/11/2004	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Andy Burnham	11/11/2004	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	17/11/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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