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Halifax To London Rail Link

EDM number 596 in 2008-09, proposed by Linda Riordan on 27/01/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Railways.

That this House supports the Grand Northern Railway Company's bid to run direct train services from Halifax and other major West Yorkshire towns and cities to London; urges the Office of Rail Regulation to give Grand Northern's proposals the green light when it makes its decision in the coming week; notes the success stories and benefits that other towns like Sunderland, Hartlepool, Hull and Wrexham have had from a direct service to London; further notes the economic and social benefits that the direct service would bring to the Halifax area, including the creation of 50 new jobs in West Yorkshire; welcomes the fact that the new service would take thousands of cars off the roads every year; acknowledges the hard work of Grand Northern in preparing this excellent bid; further notes that as the necessary paths are available on the East Coast Main Line there are no sensible reasons why this bid should be rejected; and looks forward to towns and cities like Halifax, Bradford and Pontefract being put on the main line railway map.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Linda Riordan27/01/2009HalifaxLabourProposed
Chris McCafferty27/01/2009Calder ValleyLabourSeconded
Marsha Singh27/01/2009Bradford WestLabourSeconded
Lindsay Hoyle27/01/2009ChorleyLabourSeconded
Jim Dobbin28/01/2009Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Gordon Prentice28/01/2009PendleLabourSigned
Alan Simpson28/01/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Joan Humble28/01/2009Blackpool North and FleetwoodLabourSigned
Lynne Jones28/01/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell28/01/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn28/01/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Robert Wareing28/01/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Glenda Jackson29/01/2009Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Ann Cryer02/02/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock02/02/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
David Chaytor03/02/2009Bury NorthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington04/02/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Paul Flynn04/02/2009Newport WestLabourSigned
Rudi Vis04/02/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
John Austin09/02/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Mike Wood10/02/2009Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Michael Clapham24/02/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
John McDonnell27/02/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Ian GibsonUnknownWithdrawn

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