Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John McDonnell (Labour), on Tuesday, 23 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 24 members in total.

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LONDON UNDERGROUND TICKET OFFICE AND STATION STAFF

That this House regards the proposals by London Mayor Boris Johnson to shed up to 800 ticket office and gateline jobs on London Underground as a hugely retrograde step in terms of public service; believes that this move will fail to achieve the company's stated objective of improved customer service, and undermines long-term safety operational procedures for stations, trains and signals in order to run trains without available station staff; condemns the actions of the Mayor of London in breaking an election campaign promise that he would protect ticket offices by ensuring that they are always properly staffed; is deeply concerned that if these cuts were to take effect, London Underground would be incapable of responding to a major security alert or function efficiently during the 2012 Olympics; and calls on the Government to urge the Mayor to meet with the trade unions to re-affirm reasonable and safe staffing levels right across the London Underground network.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1169 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

Lynne Jones

Gordon Prentice

Ronnie Campbell

Martin Caton

Neil Gerrard

Subjects

Employment Railways

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk