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Public Ownership Of East Coast Rail

EDM number 1787 in 2008-09, proposed by Lembit Opik on 01/07/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Railways.

That this House welcomes the nationalisation of East Coast Rail; recognises the enormous benefits that nationalisation will bring to the rail network; recommends that East Coast Rail remains permanently under public ownership; and calls on the Government to extend nationalisation to all of the UK's railways.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Lembit 01/07/2009MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratProposed
Lynne Jones01/07/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Linda Riordan02/07/2009HalifaxLabourSeconded
David Taylor02/07/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSeconded
Martin Caton02/07/2009GowerLabourSeconded
Alan Meale02/07/2009MansfieldLabourSeconded
Marsha Singh02/07/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
Ann Cryer02/07/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard02/07/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin06/07/2009Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins07/07/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Colin Burgon07/07/2009ElmetLabourSigned
Robert Wareing07/07/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Elfyn Llwyd08/07/2009Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Rudi Vis08/07/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Bill Etherington08/07/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn08/07/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell08/07/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell09/07/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Mike Hancock09/07/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Davies09/07/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
John Mason09/07/2009Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Alan Simpson14/07/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
George Galloway14/07/2009Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Roger Godsiff14/07/2009Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
Janet Dean15/07/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Katy Clark15/07/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned

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