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First Great Western 1515 London Paddington To Swansea Service

EDM number 201 in 2006-07, proposed by Sian C James on 21/11/2006.

That this House expresses regret that First Great Western will terminate its 15:15 London Paddington to Swansea service at Cardiff Central from 11th December 2006; notes that this service currently arrives into Cardiff Central during the weekday evening peak-time and that passengers travelling from London to Swansea and intermediate stations Bridgend, Port Talbot and Neath will be forced to change services at Cardiff Central, joining existing passengers whose journey starts at Cardiff; further notes that as of 11th December there will be only three peak-time services, one First Great Western and two Arriva trains from Cardiff Central to Swansea and intermediate stations between 5pm and 6pm; believes that this represents a degradation of service to Swansea and may set a precedent for a further reduction in service provision to west Wales; further believes that this decision will cause overcrowding, inconvenience and confusion and will encourage more car use; and calls on the Government to urge First Great Western urgently to reconsider this decision and to ensure that capacity and service frequency from Cardiff to Swansea and west Wales destinations are maintained and improved.

This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Si21/11/2006Swansea EastLabourProposed
Nia Griffith21/11/2006LlanelliLabourSeconded
Mark Williams21/11/2006CeredigionLiberal DemocratSeconded
Martin Caton21/11/2006GowerLabourSeconded
Madeleine Moon21/11/2006BridgendLabourSeconded
Hywel Francis21/11/2006AberavonLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones22/11/2006Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Derek Conway22/11/2006Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Jeremy Corbyn22/11/2006Islington NorthLabourSigned
David Drew22/11/2006StroudLabourSigned
Linda Riordan22/11/2006HalifaxLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins23/11/2006TamworthLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd23/11/2006Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Ian Lucas23/11/2006WrexhamLabourSigned
Ann Cryer23/11/2006KeighleyLabourSigned
Paul Flynn23/11/2006Newport WestLabourSigned
John Hemming23/11/2006Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams23/11/2006Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams27/11/2006ConwyLabourSigned
John McDonnell27/11/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Robert Wareing27/11/2006Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins28/11/2006Luton NorthLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle28/11/2006ChorleyLabourSigned
Chris Bryant28/11/2006RhonddaLabourSigned
Don Touhig28/11/2006IslwynLabourSigned
Roger Williams28/11/2006Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Jessica Morden28/11/2006Newport EastLabourSigned
Albert Owen29/11/2006Ynys MLabourSigned
Rudi Vis29/11/2006Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Alan Simpson30/11/2006Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Stephen Crabb30/11/2006Preseli PembrokeshireConservativeSigned
Alan Williams30/11/2006Swansea WestLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell30/11/2006East LondonderryDUPSigned
Martin Horwood04/12/2006CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Pope05/12/2006HyndburnLabourSigned
William McCrea05/12/2006South AntrimDUPSigned
Paul Murphy05/12/2006TorfaenLabourSigned
Janet Dean05/12/2006BurtonLabourSigned
Julie Morgan19/12/2006Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Wayne DavidUnknownWithdrawn

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