Channel Tunnel Freight (EDM2731)

Channel Tunnel Freight

EDM number 2731 in 2005-06, proposed by Alistair Carmichael on 12/10/2006.

That this House notes with alarm that freight trains could cease to run through the Channel Tunnel from 1st December if a dispute over access charges remains unresolved; further notes the important role which the tunnel has played in moving freight by rail, with 1.6 million tonnes of freight moved in the last year; further notes that planned changes to access charges will mean an additional cost to freight companies of Â£8,000 per train; and notes that though the Department for Transport is considering an application for environmental grants for international traffic the freight operators believe this falls well short of the funding required to make Channel Tunnel traffic viable; and calls on the Department for Transport to take a lead in resolving the dispute between Eurotunnel and freight operators by pressing the bi-national Intergovernmental Commission to direct Eurotunnel to grant access at affordable prices.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alistair Carmichael	12/10/2006	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Paul Rowen	12/10/2006	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John Leech	12/10/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Alan Reid	12/10/2006	Argyll and Bute	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Robert Smith	12/10/2006	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John Thurso	12/10/2006	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Russell	12/10/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	16/10/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	16/10/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	16/10/2006	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	16/10/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	16/10/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	17/10/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	17/10/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	17/10/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	17/10/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	18/10/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	18/10/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	19/10/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	19/10/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	19/10/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	19/10/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	19/10/2006	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	19/10/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	20/10/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	23/10/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/10/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	24/10/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	26/10/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed

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