More MPs sign Early Day Motion to Save Severn Beach Line
Early Day Motion 1702: 27:2:06
EDM 1702 'Cuts in Local Rail Funding for the Severn Beach Line', which was put down on Monday 27 February already on its first day attracted the signatures of 12 MPs. An Early Day Motion is a kind of petition that MPs can sign.
1702 CUTS IN LOCAL RAIL FUNDING FOR THE SEVERN BEACH LINE
* 5 Current signatories as of 27 February, 2006 are;
Signatures (12)
McCarthy, Kerry
Norris, Dan
Berry, Roger
Hopkins, Kelvin
Seabeck, Alison
Dismore, Andrew
Prentice, Gordon
Spink, Bob
Caton, Martin
Dobbin, Jim
Drew, David
Devine, Jim
Jenkins, Brian
Campbell, Ronnie
Corbyn, Jeremy
Cryer, Ann
Vis, Rudi
Dean, Janet
"That this House condemns the decision by Liberal Democrat councillors on Bristol City Council to recommend ending financial support for local rail services on the Severn Beach railway line in Bristol by cutting the entire £138,000 rail support grant from the local authority transport budget; believes that this decision puts the future of existing local rail services into doubt at a time when rail users are crying out for an expansion of local rail services; notes that from December 2006 it is proposed to substitute a bus service for an existing through-train service along the line; supports the campaign to save Bristol's rail services; and calls on Bristol City Council to reverse this decision."
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