Network Rail And Safety
EDM number 80 in 2009-10, proposed by Linda Riordan on 18/11/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Railways.
That this House notes the decision of Network Rail to announce the loss of thousands of frontline maintenance jobs by spring 2010; believes that this will mean that in a matter of months there will be a drop ofup to20 per cent. in the number of rail workers carrying out essential inspection and maintenance work; further believes that these deep and rapid cuts raise genuine and urgent concerns as to whether Network Rail will be able to ensure the safe and efficient running of the railway, including the adequate inspection and repair of track, signals, overhead lines and other infrastructure; is deeply concerned that Network Rail is failing to consult the trade unions on the safety implications of the proposals; further notes that the cuts are in part due to the fact that the economic rail regulator, the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR), has asked Network Rail to make efficiency savings of 21 per cent. over the next five years; isfurther concerned that because the ORR is both the safety and economic regulator it will be difficult for an objective view to be taken as to whether the safety of passengers and workers will be put at risk; believes the cuts cannot be justified; and calls on the Government to use its power as the primary funder of Network Rail to intervene to ensure that Network Rail directors put safety first.
This motion has been signed by a total of 158 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
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| David Taylor | 18/11/2009 | North West Leicestershire | Labour | Withdrawn |
| Linda Riordan | 18/11/2009 | Halifax | Labour | Proposed |
| Paul Holmes | 18/11/2009 | Chesterfield | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 18/11/2009 | Islington North | Labour | Seconded |
| Gwyn Prosser | 18/11/2009 | Dover | Labour | Seconded |
| Geraldine Smith | 18/11/2009 | Morecambe & Lunesdale | Labour | Seconded |
| John McDonnell | 18/11/2009 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Seconded |
| Dai Davies | 18/11/2009 | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | Signed |
| Katy Clark | 18/11/2009 | Ayrshire North & Arran | Labour | Signed |
| David Anderson | 18/11/2009 | Blaydon | Labour | Signed |
| George Galloway | 18/11/2009 | Bethnal Green & Bow | Respect | Signed |
| David Drew | 18/11/2009 | Stroud | Labour | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 18/11/2009 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
| Glenda Jackson | 18/11/2009 | Hampstead & Highgate | Labour | Signed |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 18/11/2009 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
| Keith Vaz | 19/11/2009 | Leicester East | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Hancock | 19/11/2009 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Sandra Gidley | 19/11/2009 | Romsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Andrew George | 19/11/2009 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 19/11/2009 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Russell | 19/11/2009 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Betty Williams | 23/11/2009 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 23/11/2009 | Liverpool, West Derby | Independent | Signed |
| John Austin | 23/11/2009 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| Lindsay Hoyle | 23/11/2009 | Chorley | Labour | Signed |
| David Heyes | 23/11/2009 | Ashton-under-Lyne | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Rowen | 24/11/2009 | Rochdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Hywel Williams | 24/11/2009 | Caernarfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| John Battle | 24/11/2009 | Leeds West | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Meale | 24/11/2009 | Mansfield | Labour | Signed |
| James McGovern | 25/11/2009 | Dundee West | Labour | Signed |
| Janet Dean | 25/11/2009 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Cryer | 25/11/2009 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Clapham | 25/11/2009 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Labour | Signed |
| John Pugh | 25/11/2009 | Southport | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Mason | 26/11/2009 | Glasgow East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 26/11/2009 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Caton | 26/11/2009 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Burgon | 26/11/2009 | Elmet | Labour | Signed |
| Albert Owen | 26/11/2009 | Ynys M | Labour | Signed |
| Chris McCafferty | 26/11/2009 | Calder Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 26/11/2009 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Brian Jenkins | 26/11/2009 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Keetch | 30/11/2009 | Hereford | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 30/11/2009 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Truswell | 01/12/2009 | Pudsey | Labour | Signed |
| David Hamilton | 03/12/2009 | Midlothian | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Cousins | 07/12/2009 | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Labour | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 07/12/2009 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
| Marsha Singh | 07/12/2009 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Cawsey | 08/12/2009 | Brigg & Goole | Labour | Signed |
| George Howarth | 10/12/2009 | Knowsley North & Sefton East | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Pelling | 10/12/2009 | Croydon Central | Independent | Signed |
| Andrew Dismore | 05/01/2010 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Iddon | 05/01/2010 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Pound | 06/01/2010 | Ealing North | Labour | Signed |
| David Crausby | 06/01/2010 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
| Clive Betts | 11/01/2010 | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Davidson | 11/01/2010 | Glasgow South West | Labour | Signed |
| Lembit | 11/01/2010 | Montgomeryshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mark Oaten | 11/01/2010 | Winchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Tony Lloyd | 11/01/2010 | Manchester Central | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Kilfoyle | 11/01/2010 | Liverpool, Walton | Labour | Signed |
| Clare Short | 11/01/2010 | Birmingham, Ladywood | Independent Labour | Signed |
| Neil Gerrard | 12/01/2010 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Salter | 13/01/2010 | Reading West | Labour | Signed |
| Phyllis Starkey | 13/01/2010 | Milton Keynes South West | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Connarty | 13/01/2010 | Linlithgow & Falkirk East | Labour | Signed |
| Anthony D Wright | 18/01/2010 | Great Yarmouth | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 18/01/2010 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Miller | 18/01/2010 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | Labour | Signed |
| Martyn Jones | 18/01/2010 | Clwyd South | Labour | Signed |
| Anne McGuire | 19/01/2010 | Stirling | Labour | Signed |
| Anne Begg | 19/01/2010 | Aberdeen South | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Stewart | 19/01/2010 | Eccles | Labour | Signed |
| Desmond Turner | 19/01/2010 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Wood | 19/01/2010 | Batley & Spen | Labour | Signed |
| Celia Barlow | 19/01/2010 | Hove | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Meacher | 20/01/2010 | Oldham West & Royton | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Lazarowicz | 20/01/2010 | Edinburgh North & Leith | Labour | Signed |
| Doug Naysmith | 21/01/2010 | Bristol North West | Labour | Signed |
| Sandra Osborne | 21/01/2010 | Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock | Labour | Signed |
| Matthew Taylor | 21/01/2010 | Truro & St Austell | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ashok Kumar | 25/01/2010 | Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland | Labour | Withdrawn |
| Mark Hunter | 25/01/2010 | Cheadle | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Tim Farron | 25/01/2010 | Westmorland & Lonsdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Bill Olner | 25/01/2010 | Nuneaton | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Godsiff | 26/01/2010 | Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Gapes | 26/01/2010 | Ilford South | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 26/01/2010 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
| David Lepper | 26/01/2010 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Flello | 27/01/2010 | Stoke-on-Trent South | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Clarke | 27/01/2010 | Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Challen | 27/01/2010 | Morley & Rothwell | Labour | Signed |
| Eric Martlew | 27/01/2010 | Carlisle | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Marsden | 27/01/2010 | Blackpool South | Labour | Signed |
| Fraser Kemp | 27/01/2010 | Houghton & Washington East | Labour | Signed |
| Sally Keeble | 27/01/2010 | Northampton North | Labour | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 27/01/2010 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
| Ken Purchase | 27/01/2010 | Wolverhampton North East | Labour | Signed |
| Parmjit Dhanda | 27/01/2010 | Gloucester | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Field | 28/01/2010 | Birkenhead | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Burden | 28/01/2010 | Birmingham, Northfield | Labour | Signed |
| Laura Moffatt | 28/01/2010 | Crawley | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Hepburn | 28/01/2010 | Jarrow | Labour | Signed |
| Denis Murphy | 01/02/2010 | Wansbeck | Labour | Signed |
| Nick Ainger | 01/02/2010 | Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire | Labour | Signed |
| Paddy Tipping | 01/02/2010 | Sherwood | Labour | Signed |
| Lindsay Roy | 02/02/2010 | Glenrothes | Labour | Signed |
| Angela Smith | 02/02/2010 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Labour | Signed |
| Howard Stoate | 02/02/2010 | Dartford | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Cook | 02/02/2010 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Caborn | 02/02/2010 | Sheffield Central | Labour | Signed |
| Greg Pope | 02/02/2010 | Hyndburn | Labour | Signed |
| Dari Taylor | 03/02/2010 | Stockton South | Labour | Signed |
| Malcolm Moss | 03/02/2010 | North East Cambridgeshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Austin Mitchell | 03/02/2010 | Great Grimsby | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Younger-Ross | 05/02/2010 | Teignbridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 08/02/2010 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
| David Clelland | 08/02/2010 | Tyne Bridge | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Mullin | 08/02/2010 | Sunderland South | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Laxton | 08/02/2010 | Derby North | Labour | Signed |
| Dai Havard | 08/02/2010 | Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | Labour | Signed |
| Adrian Sanders | 08/02/2010 | Torbay | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Joan Walley | 09/02/2010 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
| Graham Stringer | 09/02/2010 | Manchester, Blackley | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Clwyd | 09/02/2010 | Cynon Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Edward O'Hara | 09/02/2010 | Knowsley South | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Levitt | 10/02/2010 | High Peak | Labour | Signed |
| Phil Willis | 22/02/2010 | Harrogate & Knaresborough | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Thurso | 22/02/2010 | Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Roger Berry | 22/02/2010 | Kingswood | Labour | Signed |
| John Grogan | 22/02/2010 | Selby | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Doran | 22/02/2010 | Aberdeen North | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Dobson | 22/02/2010 | Holborn & St Pancras | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Keen | 22/02/2010 | Feltham & Heston | Labour | Signed |
| Angus Robertson | 22/02/2010 | Moray | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Gordon Prentice | 22/02/2010 | Pendle | Labour | Signed |
| Kitty Ussher | 22/02/2010 | Burnley | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Humble | 23/02/2010 | Blackpool North & Fleetwood | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Hesford | 24/02/2010 | Wirral West | Labour | Signed |
| Don Touhig | 24/02/2010 | Islwyn | Labour | Signed |
| Gavin Strang | 25/02/2010 | Edinburgh East | Labour | Signed |
| Geoffrey Robinson | 26/02/2010 | Coventry North West | Labour | Signed |
| Andy Slaughter | 01/03/2010 | | | Signed |
| Pete Wishart | 01/03/2010 | Perth & Perthshire North | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Terry Rooney | 01/03/2010 | Bradford North | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Beith | 04/03/2010 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ronnie Campbell | 05/03/2010 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Banks | 09/03/2010 | Ochil & Perthshire South | Labour | Signed |
| John Mann | 09/03/2010 | Bassetlaw | Labour | Signed |
| Kate Hoey | 10/03/2010 | Vauxhall | Labour | Signed |
| Jon Cruddas | 10/03/2010 | Dagenham | Labour | Signed |
| Jacqui Smith | 24/03/2010 | Redditch | Labour | Signed |
| Karen Buck | 25/03/2010 | | | Signed |
| Julie Morgan | 29/03/2010 | Cardiff North | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Burstow | 29/03/2010 | Sutton & Cheam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Sian James | 29/03/2010 | Swansea East | Labour | Signed |
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