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Association Of Train Operating Companies And Outsourcing Jobs To India

EDM number 1958 in 2008-09, proposed by John McDonnell on 21/07/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Railways and Service industries.

That this House notes that National Rail Enquiries Service (NRES), which is regulated by the Department for Transport, set a target to answer 93 per cent. of calls received during a financial year; congratulates its staff for successfully answering 94.4 per cent. of calls in 2008-09; further congratulates NRES staff on their extensive knowledge of the national rail network and the helpful advice they give to the travelling public; is therefore appalled at reports that the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) intends to outsource the work of NRES to Mumbai; believes that such a step will result in a loss of jobs and a reduction in the quality of service provided to passengers; further notes that ATOC's members include transport companies such as National Express, Virgin, Go-Ahead, First Group and Stagecoach which continue to make substantial profits and receive huge amounts of Government subsidy and that the Government is in effect subsidising jobs losses; and therefore calls on the Government to meet ATOC at the earliest possible time in order to reverse its decision and protect jobs and the excellent quality of service provided by NRES.

This motion has been signed by a total of 31 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John McDonnell21/07/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourProposed
Lynne Jones21/07/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Linda Riordan21/07/2009HalifaxLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins21/07/2009Luton NorthLabourSeconded
David Drew12/10/2009StroudLabourSigned
Mike Hancock13/10/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Frank Cook13/10/2009Stockton NorthLabourSeconded
Robert Wareing13/10/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
David Taylor13/10/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley13/10/2009Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Andrew Dismore13/10/2009HendonLabourSigned
Martin Caton13/10/2009GowerLabourSigned
David Lepper13/10/2009Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle13/10/2009ChorleyLabourSigned
Bob Spink13/10/2009Castle PointIndependentSigned
Jeremy Corbyn13/10/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson14/10/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell14/10/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Janet Dean14/10/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Rudi Vis14/10/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Dai Davies14/10/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Nick Harvey15/10/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Anderson15/10/2009BlaydonLabourSigned
Ian Davidson15/10/2009Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Ann Cryer19/10/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard19/10/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
David Crausby20/10/2009Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Katy Clark21/10/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Bill Etherington22/10/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins27/10/2009TamworthLabourSigned
David Hamilton03/11/2009MidlothianLabourSigned

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