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Catering Facilities On Intercity West Coast Rail Services

EDM number 386 in 2012-13, proposed by Gerald Kaufman on 11/07/2012.
Categorised under the topic of Railways.

That this House welcomes the work of catering staff on Intercity West Coast services; is appalled at reports that some of the four bidders for the new West Coast Mainline franchise, namely Abellio, First Group, SNCF/Keolis and Virgin may be proposing to remove catering facilities from future services, including the removal of the onboard shop; believes passengers should enjoy the right to have access to food and drink, including hot food on these intercity services, this especially being the case when rail fares are the most expensive in Europe; is alarmed that as well as leaving passengers with a vastly inferior service, axing catering staff could also result in the loss of over 800 rail jobs; and calls on all the bidders for the franchise and the Government to provide urgent reassurances that they will be looking to maintain and enhance catering facilities.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Gerald Kaufman11/07/2012Manchester, GortonLabourProposed
John McDonnell11/07/2012Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Katy Clark11/07/2012North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSeconded
Grahame Morris11/07/2012EasingtonLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins12/07/2012Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Jim Dobbin12/07/2012Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn12/07/2012Islington NorthLabourSigned
Tony Cunningham12/07/2012WorkingtonLabourSigned
Mary Glindon12/07/2012North TynesideLabourSigned
David Morris12/07/2012Morecambe and LunesdaleConservativeSigned
Martin Caton13/07/2012GowerLabourSigned
Linda Riordan16/07/2012HalifaxLabourSigned
Ian Mearns16/07/2012GatesheadLabourSigned
Steve Rotheram16/07/2012Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden16/07/2012Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd16/07/2012Manchester CentralLabourSigned
George Howarth16/07/2012KnowsleyLabourSigned
David Crausby17/07/2012Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Virendra Sharma17/07/2012Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz03/09/2012Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
George Galloway03/09/2012Bradford WestRespectSigned
Adrian Bailey03/09/2012West Bromwich WestLabourSigned
Dave Watts03/09/2012St Helens NorthLabourSigned
Rosie Cooper03/09/2012West LancashireLabourSigned
Andrew Miller07/09/2012Ellesmere Port and NestonLabourSigned
Graeme Morrice11/09/2012LivingstonLabourSigned
Paul Farrelly13/09/2012Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Bill Esterson17/09/2012Sefton CentralLabourSigned

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