20th Anniversary Of Saving Of Settle To Carlisle Railway Line (EDM1268)

20th Anniversary Of Saving Of Settle To Carlisle Railway Line

EDM number 1268 in 2008-09, proposed by Eric Martlew on 01/04/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Railways.

That this House welcomes the 20th anniversary of the announcement that the Settle to Carlisle railway line was to be saved; applauds the efforts of those who were instrumental in the campaign to save the line, including hon. Members, local councils and Friends of Settle to Carlisle Railway; acknowledges that this was the last attempt by any government to close a major railway line; and regards the decision as the start of the renaissance of rail.

This motion has been signed by a total of 34 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Eric Martlew	01/04/2009	Carlisle	Labour	Proposed
Ann Cryer	02/04/2009	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	02/04/2009	Luton North	Labour	Seconded
Gordon Prentice	02/04/2009	Pendle	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	02/04/2009	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
David Taylor	02/04/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Seconded
Lynne Jones	02/04/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	20/04/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	20/04/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Betty Williams	20/04/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	21/04/2009	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	21/04/2009	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	21/04/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	21/04/2009	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	22/04/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	22/04/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	22/04/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Clelland	22/04/2009	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	22/04/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	22/04/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	22/04/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	22/04/2009	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	23/04/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	23/04/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/04/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	23/04/2009	City of York	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	24/04/2009	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
David Drew	24/04/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	29/04/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	30/04/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	30/04/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	05/05/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	06/05/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	04/06/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed

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