Uk/us Air Liberalisation

EDM number 308 in 1996-97, proposed by Peter Fry on 04/12/1996.

That this House notes the resumption of formal talks between the United Kingdom and the United States aimed at negotiating a new bilateral air services agreement to replace Bermuda II; believes that this provides an opportunity to conclude a durable deal of benefit to consumers and all United Kingdom airlines; bearing in mind the United States insistence that the agreement should be similar to those it has negotiated with other European countries, urges Her Majesty's Government to insist that, if the United States wants new rights for its carriers to fly into Heathrow, to pick up passengers and fly on to points within Europe and beyond, it should be prepared in return to amend its protectionist barriers, including those preventing United Kingdom carriers serving more cities in the United States, limiting foreign ownership of United States airlines and having shares in United States airlines,and to further the opportunities for British airlines to carry freight, including United States Government business, to, from and in the United States; believes that, if skies over the United Kingdom and Europe are to be declared open, this should be matched by genuine open skies over the United States; and believes that a successful negotiation on these lines would be in the long-term interests of consumers on both sides of the Atlantic.

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

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Peter Fry	04/12/1996	Wellingborough		Proposed
John Marek	04/12/1996	Wrexham		Signed
David Marshall	04/12/1996	Glasgow, Shettleston		Signed
Terry Dicks	04/12/1996	Hayes & Harlington		Signed
Andrew Bowden	04/12/1996	Brighton, Kemptown		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	05/12/1996	Leigh		Signed
John Evans	05/12/1996	St Helens North		Signed
Norman Godman	05/12/1996	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Tony Banks	05/12/1996	Newham North West		Signed
Bill Walker	05/12/1996	North Tayside		Signed
Michael Colvin	05/12/1996	Romsey and Waterside		Signed
Sydney Chapman	05/12/1996	Chipping Barnet		Signed
Martin Smyth	05/12/1996	Belfast South		Signed
James Spicer	05/12/1996	West Dorset		Signed
Peter Hardy	05/12/1996	Wentworth		Signed
Nick Harvey	05/12/1996	North Devon		Signed
Roy Hughes	05/12/1996	Newport East		Signed
Michael Spicer	09/12/1996	Worcestershire South		Signed
David Knox	09/12/1996	Staffordshire Moorlands		Signed
John Wilkinson	09/12/1996	Ruislip - Northwood		Signed
William Powell	10/12/1996	Corby		Signed
Gary Waller	11/12/1996	Keighley		Signed
Allan Stewart	11/12/1996	Renfrewshire East		Signed
Ian Davidson	11/12/1996	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Neville Trotter	12/12/1996	Tynemouth		Signed
Roy Beggs	12/12/1996	East Antrim		Signed
Ken Livingstone	12/12/1996	Brent East		Signed
Martyn Jones	12/12/1996	Clwyd South West		Signed
John Heppell	12/12/1996	Nottingham East		Signed
William Ross	12/12/1996	East Londonderry		Signed
Mike Hall	17/12/1996	Warrington South		Signed
Ivan Lawrence	13/01/1997	Burton		Signed
John Gunnell	15/01/1997	Leeds South and Morley		Signed

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