<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>17477</id>
<session>1999-00</session>
<number>1189</number>
<title>Railway Safety</title>
<proposer id="10142">Ann Cryer</proposer>
<date>2000-11-28</date>
<text>That this House condemns the ill-conceived privatisation of British Railways by the previous Tory government which, despite massive injections of tax-payers' money, has led directly to the present and continuing crisis suffered by railworkers and rail-users alike; regrets that many are reverting to car use with its adverse impact on the environment and consequent increases in death and injury; and calls on the Government to restore confidence in the rail network by returning Railtrack to public ownership and accountability with a clear onus to monitor track maintenance and renewal alongside a culture of safety and reliability as opposed to the present regime which places profitability before all else.</text>
<topics>
</topics>
<signatures>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10207">Derek Foster</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bishop Auckland</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10203">Paul Flynn</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newport West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10185">Clive Efford</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eltham</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10184">Huw Edwards</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Monmouth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10181">Gwyneth Dunwoody</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Crewe &amp; Nantwich</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10170">Jim Dobbin</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Heywood &amp; Middleton</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10157">Ian Davidson</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow, Pollok</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10152">Tam Dalyell</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Linlithgow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10143">John Cryer</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hornchurch</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10129">Frank Cook</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stockton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10123">Harry Cohen</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leyton &amp; Wanstead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10218">George Galloway</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow, Kelvin</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10224">Neil Gerrard</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Walthamstow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10226">Ian Gibson</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Norwich North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10655">Anthony D Wright</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Great Yarmouth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10645">David Winnick</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Walsall North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10639">Alan Williams</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Swansea West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10623">Robert Wareing</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, West Derby</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10672">Neil Turner</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wigan</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10606">Paul Truswell</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pudsey</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10586">David Taylor</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North West Leicestershire</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10044">Harold Best</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds North West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10026">Harry Barnes</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Derbyshire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10025">Tony Banks</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>West Ham</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10021">John Austin</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Erith &amp; Thamesmead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10001">Diane Abbott</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hackney North &amp; Stoke Newington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10120">Ann Clwyd</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cynon Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10105">Michael Clapham</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley West &amp; Penistone</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10305">Eric Illsley</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10288">Kelvin Hopkins</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Luton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10280">David Hinchliffe</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wakefield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10551">Llew Smith</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blaenau Gwent</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10544">Dennis Skinner</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolsover</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10533">Jonathan R Shaw</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chatham &amp; Aylesford</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10532">Brian Sedgemore</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hackney South &amp; Shoreditch</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10530">Phil Sawford</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kettering</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10518">Chris Ruane</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Vale of Clwyd</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10487">Gordon Prentice</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pendle</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10442">Julie Morgan</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cardiff North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10321">Jenny Jones</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wolverhampton South West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10338">David Kidney</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stafford</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10100">David Chaytor</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bury North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10077">Colin Burgon</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Elmet</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10455">Doug Naysmith</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol North West</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10450">George Mudie</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10432">Bill Michie</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sheffield, Heeley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10403">Tony McWalter</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hemel Hempstead</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes &amp; Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10343">Tess Kingham</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gloucester</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10372">Andrew Love</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edmonton</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10407">Alice Mahon</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Halifax</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10419">Robert Marshall-Andrews</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Medway</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10378">Chris McCafferty</mp>
		<date>2000-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Calder Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2000-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10566">Gerry Steinberg</mp>
		<date>2000-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Durham, City of</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10022">Norman Baker</mp>
		<date>2000-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lewes</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10230">Norman Godman</mp>
		<date>2000-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Greenock &amp; Inverclyde</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10163">Terry Davis</mp>
		<date>2000-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Hodge Hill</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10144">John Cummings</mp>
		<date>2000-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Easington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10304">Brian Iddon</mp>
		<date>2000-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolton South East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10521">Bob Russell</mp>
		<date>2000-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Colchester</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10476">Linda Perham</mp>
		<date>2000-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ilford North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10629">Brian White</mp>
		<date>2000-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Milton Keynes</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
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