Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Mark Lazarowicz (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Wednesday, 22 February 2012, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 9 members in total.

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SCOTRAIL

That this House is alarmed by Transport Scotland's Rail 2014 consultation on the future of the Scotrail franchise; notes that the document proposes to stop all cross-border services from running beyond Glasgow and Edinburgh and therefore grant Scotrail a monopoly on Scotland's railway; further notes that it also proposes to reduce services and force more interchanges; is shocked that it plans on shielding Scotrail's profits from the wider economy by introducing a risk support mechanism where no real risk exists and in order for dividends to shareholders to remain massive; is appalled at the proposal tocut the numbers of ticket officestaff, conductors and catering staff; is deeply concerned that the proposal for a massive increase in fares to an RPI + three per cent. formula will have a negative effect on both the economy and efforts to encourage modal shift; and believes that the proposed separation of the sleeper services from the main franchise will greatly reduce the quality of service for the travelling public.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2758 

Session

2010-12

Other sponsors

Sandra Osborne

Ian Davidson

Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

Jim McGovern

Graeme Morrice

Subjects

Railways

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk