Woodhead Tunnel (No. 2) (EDM779)

Woodhead Tunnel (No. 2)

EDM number 779 in 2007-08, proposed by Michael Clapham on 24/01/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Railways.

That this House is concerned that the National Grid company plans to relocate its five kilometre high voltage cable from the old Woodhead tunnel to the newer one built in the 1950s which will impact detrimentally on proposals for a strategic transpennine freight line linking the economies of the East and West Pennines; and asks that the Secretary of State for Transport to urge the National Grid company to consider the alternative option of repairing the old tunnel to locate the cable.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Michael Clapham	24/01/2008	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Proposed
Eric Illsley	24/01/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Seconded
Clive Betts	24/01/2008	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Seconded
Angela Smith	24/01/2008	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Seconded
Ian Stewart	24/01/2008	Eccles	Labour	Seconded
Andrew Miller	24/01/2008	Ellesmere Port and Neston	Labour	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	24/01/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	25/01/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	28/01/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	28/01/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	28/01/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Drew	28/01/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	28/01/2008	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	28/01/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	29/01/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
John Leech	29/01/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Clelland	30/01/2008	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	30/01/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	31/01/2008	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	04/02/2008	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	04/02/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	05/02/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	05/02/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	05/02/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	05/02/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	07/02/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	19/02/2008	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	26/02/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	26/02/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed

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