International Rail Freight Facilities (EDM1286)

International Rail Freight Facilities

EDM number 1286 in 2007-08, proposed by Jim Dobbin on 31/03/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Industry and Railways.

That this House applauds the recent announcement by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government granting permission for a new Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI) at Howbury Park and her conclusion that the benefits of the scheme, primarily related to meeting London's need for SRFIs, were well justified; calls on her to ensure that additional sites similarly require her support in order to create a network of international rail freight facilities that link into major freight routes, seaports and other rail-served logistics parks throughout the country, as well as the European network of similar facilities, via the Channel Tunnel; and acknowledges that sites such as the Kent International Gateway are essential to build on the decision made at Howbury Park in order to alleviate the growing pressure on the M20, the M25 and London's main arterial roads in addition to the achievement of the Government's own targets to shift more freight from road on to rail.

This motion has been signed by a total of 43 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jim Dobbin	31/03/2008	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Proposed
David Crausby	31/03/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Seconded
Ian Gibson	31/03/2008	Norwich North	Labour	Seconded
Joan Humble	31/03/2008	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	31/03/2008	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Gordon Prentice	31/03/2008	Pendle	Labour	Seconded
John Pugh	31/03/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Miller	31/03/2008	Ellesmere Port and Neston	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	01/04/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	01/04/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	01/04/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	01/04/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	01/04/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	01/04/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	01/04/2008	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	02/04/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	02/04/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Rudi Vis	02/04/2008	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	02/04/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	02/04/2008	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	02/04/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	02/04/2008	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	03/04/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Martin Caton	03/04/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	03/04/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	03/04/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	03/04/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Ann Cryer	21/04/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	21/04/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	21/04/2008	Hastings and Rye	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	21/04/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	21/04/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	21/04/2008	Dover	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	22/04/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	23/04/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	24/04/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	28/04/2008	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	07/05/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	07/05/2008	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	07/05/2008	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	08/05/2008	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	16/05/2008	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Edward Leigh	Unknown			Withdrawn

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