250th Anniversary Of Middleton Railway (EDM1315)

250th Anniversary Of Middleton Railway

EDM number 1315 in 2007-08, proposed by John Battle on 02/04/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Railways.

That this House congratulates Middleton Railway on the 250th anniversary of its foundation in 2008; notes that the Railway was the first to be constructed under powers from an Act of Parliament in 1758 and has remained in continuous use over at least part of the network ever since, and thus has a claim to be the world's oldest working railway; commends the volunteers who devote significant time and energy to keeping it operating; and wishes them success in the anniversary celebrations planned for 2008.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Battle	02/04/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	02/04/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Betty Williams	03/04/2008	Conwy	Labour	Seconded
Martin Caton	03/04/2008	Gower	Labour	Seconded
Lynne Jones	03/04/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Rudi Vis	21/04/2008	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	21/04/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	21/04/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	21/04/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	22/04/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	23/04/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
John Leech	23/04/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	23/04/2008	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
William McCrea	23/04/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Iris Robinson	23/04/2008	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Janet Dean	24/04/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	24/04/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	25/04/2008	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	25/04/2008	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	28/04/2008	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	29/04/2008	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	30/04/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	14/05/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	24/06/2008	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed

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