Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Joan Ruddock (Labour), on Monday, 19 December 2011, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 16 members in total.

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PROCUREMENT OF ELECTRIC MULTIPLE UNIT RAIL VEHICLES FOR SOUTHERN RAILWAY

That this House welcomes the decision of the Secretary of State for Transport to bring forward the procurement of approximately 130 additional electric multiple unit rail vehicles for Southern Railway; notes the additional capacity for passengers that this will create on one of the busiest rail corridors in south London and the South East to the benefit of the economy and the environment of this region; believes that the procurement of the new trains should incorporate lessons learned from other recent train orders where the wider socio-economic benefits to the UK from indigenous design and manufacture have not been taken into account; and calls on the Government to ensure that this order is placed in such a way as to ensure the greatest possible benefit both for passengers on the route and for employment in the country's high technology train manufacturing businesses predominantly located in the Midlands.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2554 

Session

2010-12

Other sponsors

Glenda Jackson

John McDonnell

Kelvin Hopkins

Jeremy Corbyn

Chris Williamson

Subjects

Manufacturing industries Railways

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk