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This motion has been signed by a total of 158 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.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
David Taylor	18/11/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Withdrawn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 and Lunesdale	Labour	Seconded
John McDonnell	18/11/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Dai Davies	18/11/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Katy Clark	18/11/2009	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	18/11/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	18/11/2009	Bethnal Green and 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 and 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 and 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
Jim 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 and 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 and 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 and Goole	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	10/12/2009	Knowsley North and 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 and East Falkirk	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 and 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 and Spen	Labour	Signed
Celia Barlow	19/01/2010	Hove	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	20/01/2010	Oldham West and Royton	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	20/01/2010	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	21/01/2010	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	21/01/2010	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	21/01/2010	Truro and St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ashok Kumar	25/01/2010	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Labour	Withdrawn
Mark Hunter	25/01/2010	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	25/01/2010	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	25/01/2010	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	26/01/2010	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and 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 and Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	27/01/2010	Morley and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	22/02/2010	Caithness, Sutherland and 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 and St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	22/02/2010	Feltham and 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 and 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	Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	01/03/2010	Perth and North Perthshire	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 and South Perthshire	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	Regent's Park and Kensington North	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	29/03/2010	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	29/03/2010	Sutton and Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Si	29/03/2010	Swansea East	Labour	Signed

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