Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Whitehead (Labour), on Wednesday, 18 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 126 members in total.

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GROWING THE RAILWAYS CAMPAIGN

That this House welcomes the increasing demand for rail travel but is concerned that no plans currently exist to increase capacity on the railways, and alleviate congestion on parts of the rail network which are already congested; and, therefore, supports Transport 2000's Growing the Railways campaign, as endorsed by 21 organisations, which calls on the Government to draw up a clear investment planning framework for rail, through the High Level Output Statement, which ensures that money spent is used more efficiently, promotes partnership working, appraising rail projects fairly, and, above all, plans for an expanding railway for passengers and freight.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1412 

Session

2005-06

Other sponsors

Bob Spink

Mike Penning

Bob Russell

Lord Horam

Tom Brake

Subjects

Investment Railways

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk