Public Transport On Boxing Day (EDM452)

Public Transport On Boxing Day

EDM number 452 in 2009-10, proposed by John Grogan on 14/12/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Buses and Railways.

That this House expresses its deep disappointment that once again during this festive season the United Kingdom's railways will undergo a 58-hour shutdown with no services whatsoever being provided on the overwhelming majority of lines; notes that this is in stark contrast to the situation that prevails in the rest of Europe where regular services run throughout the Christmas holidays; further notes that in many areas there will be no buses running over a similar period; applauds the efforts of Merseytravel, the West Midlands, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authorities and Transport for London to run a decent level of bus services on Boxing Day and calls on other areas to follow suit; further notes that the closure of the rail and bus networks leaves many people without access to transport to visit family or friends or attend sporting events; and calls on the Department for Transport, the Passenger Transport Authorities, the Association of Train Operating Companies and Network Rail to work together to ensure that from 2010 an adequate rail and bus service is provided on Boxing Day and that all future rail franchises have provisions for Boxing Day services.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Taylor	14/12/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Withdrawn
John Grogan	14/12/2009	Selby	Labour	Proposed
Philip Davies	14/12/2009	Shipley	Conservative	Seconded
Norman Baker	14/12/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Dai Davies	14/12/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Seconded
Paul Truswell	14/12/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Seconded
Katy Clark	14/12/2009	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Seconded
John Hemming	14/12/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	14/12/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Brian Iddon	14/12/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	14/12/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	15/12/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	15/12/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Graham Stringer	15/12/2009	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	15/12/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	15/12/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	15/12/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	15/12/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	15/12/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	15/12/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	15/12/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	15/12/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
John McDonnell	15/12/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	15/12/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	15/12/2009	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	15/12/2009	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	15/12/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
David Heath	15/12/2009	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	15/12/2009	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	16/12/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	16/12/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	16/12/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Winterton	16/12/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	16/12/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Battle	16/12/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	16/12/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	16/12/2009	Sutton and Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Denis Murphy	16/12/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	05/01/2010	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Mann	06/01/2010	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	12/01/2010	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Brian Jenkins	14/01/2010	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2010	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	01/02/2010	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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