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South Eastern Trains As A Public Sector Comparator

EDM number 884 in 2003-04, proposed by John Thurso on 23/03/2004.

That this House is concerned that costs in the railway industry have escalated massively since privatisation, with a five-fold increase in regulatory staff and massive rises in the cost of maintenance and renewals; welcomes, with some qualification, the current review of the structure of the railway industry as a great opportunity to tackle these problems; notes however that the review process has been badly handled; calls on the Secretary of State for Transport to set out clearly the terms of reference of this review and what he would like to emerge from the process; welcomes the decision to terminate the contract for the South Eastern franchise contract from Connex; notes that the management of South Eastern Trains has only been within the public sector for four months and that it is too early yet to judge what changes have taken place; and urges the Government to retain the South Eastern franchise as a public sector comparator from which to assess costs and performance within the railways so long as it is proven to prove the best value for money for the taxpayer.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Thurso23/03/2004Caithness, Sutherland & Easter RossLiberal DemocratProposed
Paul Marsden23/03/2004Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSeconded
Simon Hughes23/03/2004North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSeconded
Ann Cryer24/03/2004KeighleyLabourSigned
Andrew George24/03/2004St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Holmes25/03/2004ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones25/03/2004CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Tyler25/03/2004North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn26/03/2004Islington NorthLabourSigned
David Chidgey29/03/2004EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Matthew Taylor29/03/2004Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Kevin McNamara30/03/2004Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Alan Beith30/03/2004Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward Davey30/03/2004Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Burstow31/03/2004Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock31/03/2004Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker31/03/2004LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson01/04/2004Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Lembit 22/04/2004MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington05/05/2004Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Richard Younger-Ross07/06/2004TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake12/10/2004Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Sue Doughty25/10/2004GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned

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