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Engineering Skills On The Railways And A National Rail Jobs Summit

EDM number 1167 in 2009-10, proposed by Kelvin Hopkins on 23/03/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Employment and Railways.

That this House is gravely concerned that thousands of rail workers continue to be made redundant; believes that the rail industry is haemorrhaging important skilled engineering jobs which will not be replaced; notes with dismay that the 300 rail renewals jobs lost at Babcock Rail is over and above the 1,500 rail maintenance job cuts already announced by Network Rail; further notes that the 69 jobs in train fleet maintenance lost at Bombardier Crewe represents the third wave of redundancies there in a year, with the company continuing to cite the unpredictable nature of the rail market; supports the RMT union's call for a Government-backed, industry-wide strategy to enhance the role of railways in battling climate change, retaining skilled green jobs and reducing the economic impact of the recession; and urges the Government to intervene to safeguard skilled engineering jobs, the loss of which will hinder capacity for future major rail projects including the construction of high speed lines and the maintenance of high speed trains.

This motion has been signed by a total of 33 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Kelvin Hopkins23/03/2010Luton NorthLabourProposed
John McDonnell23/03/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Jim Dobbin24/03/2010Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Gordon Prentice24/03/2010PendleLabourSeconded
Ronnie Campbell24/03/2010Blyth ValleyLabourSeconded
Ken Purchase24/03/2010Wolverhampton North EastLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones24/03/2010Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Michael Weir24/03/2010AngusScottish National PartySigned
Andrew Dismore24/03/2010HendonLabourSigned
John Cummings24/03/2010EasingtonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer24/03/2010KeighleyLabourSigned
David Crausby24/03/2010Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Martin Caton24/03/2010GowerLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson24/03/2010Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Bob Spink24/03/2010Castle PointIndependentSigned
Alan Simpson24/03/2010Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Alan Meale25/03/2010MansfieldLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt25/03/2010Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis25/03/2010Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Mike Hancock25/03/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew25/03/2010StroudLabourSigned
Harry Cohen25/03/2010Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn29/03/2010Islington NorthLabourSigned
Robert Wareing29/03/2010Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Stephen Hepburn30/03/2010JarrowLabourSigned
Eric Illsley30/03/2010Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins30/03/2010TamworthLabourSigned
Janet Dean30/03/2010BurtonLabourSigned
Katy Clark30/03/2010North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
John Mason30/03/2010Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
John Mann06/04/2010BassetlawLabourSigned
Michael Clapham06/04/2010Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Hugh Bayley06/04/2010City of YorkLabourSigned

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