Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Angela C Smith (Labour), on Wednesday, 3 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 25 members in total.

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RAIL FRANCHISING AND INTEGRATED TRANSPORT AUTHORITIES

That this House supports the principle that decisions on local transport issues are best decided locally; notes the intent of the Local Transport Act 2008 further to devolve transport decision-making via the Passenger Transport Executives (PTEs) and Integrated Transport Authorities (ITAs); commends the six PTEs for the way in which they have provided long-term support and investment for local rail networks and for the responsible way in which they have used their franchise powers when allowed to do so by the Department for Transport; regrets that the Department for Transport's report, Future of Rail Franchising, failed to acknowledge in any way the potential future role of PTEs and ITAs in the specification and management of rail franchises; and expresses its concern that the consequence of this failure could be a lost opportunity to ensure that local heavy rail networks are fully integrated with wider public transport provision for the 11 million people who live in the metropolitan areas.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

795 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

Kelvin Hopkins

Lynne Jones

Ann Cryer

Philip Davies

Dai Davies

Subjects

Railways

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk