MPs Protest FGW's Withdrawal of Buffet Car Services
Early Day Motion 1723: 09.06.2008
David Drew, Labour MP for Stroud put down an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons earlier this month calling on First Great Western to retain and improve buffet car services. To date 35 MPs have signed the EDM - a kind of Parliamentary petition. You can read it below. Why not contact your MP to ask them to sign EDM 1723? You can contact your MP by clicking here.
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Withdrawal of First Great Western Buffet Car Services
"That this House is deeply concerned at reports that First Great Western plan to remove buffet car services; notes that the withdrawal of the buffet car will initially be on routes between London, Oxford, Cheltenham, Bristol and Exeter and that this in turn will impact on the provision of buffet car availability on all services throughout the West of England and South Wales; believes that the buffet car is an essential service for both business and leisure travellers and refutes First Great Western's attempt to play off catering provision against reliability and performance by claiming that removal of buffet cars will improve timings of their high speed train services; further notes that there is no obligation in its franchise agreement for FirstGroup to remove buffet cars and is therefore concerned that this is a cost-cutting measure, which will cause even more discomfort for passengers and is appalled that First Great Western passengers have to endure this latest attack when First Great Western's rail division has announced profits of £120 million on the back of fare increases and significant Government subsidy; and calls on First Great Western to immediately assure passengers that it will retain and improve all its buffet car services."
Signatures( 35)
David Drew, (Labour Party) Stroud
John McDonnell, (Labour Party) Hayes and Harlington
Roger Berry, (Labour Party) Kingswood
Martin Caton, (Labour Party) Gower
Doug Naysmith, (Labour Party) Bristol North West
Andrew George, (Liberal Democrats) St Ives
Adrian Sanders, (Liberal Democrats) Torbay
Kelvin Hopkins, (Labour Party) Luton North
Albert Owen, (Labour Party) Ynys Môn
Colin Breed, (Liberal Democrats) South East Cornwall
Jeremy Browne, (Liberal Democrats) Taunton
John Leech, (Liberal Democrats) Manchester Withington
Stephen Williams, (Liberal Democrats) Bristol West
Dai Davies, (INDEPENDENT) Blaenau Gwent
Clare Short, (INDEPENDENT LABOUR) Birmingham Ladywood
Alan Simpson, (Labour Party) Nottingham South
Elfyn Llwyd, (Plaid Cymru) Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
Peter Luff, (Conservative Party) Mid Worcestershire
Chris McCafferty, (Labour Party) Calder Valley
Jeremy Corbyn, (Labour Party) Islington North
Janet Dean, (Labour Party) Burton
James Gray, (Conservative Party) North Wiltshire
Graham Stringer, (Labour Party) Manchester Blackley
Robert N Wareing, (Labour Party) Liverpool West Derby
Brian Jenkins, (Labour Party) Tamworth
Mark Williams, (Liberal Democrats) Ceredigion
Betty Williams, (Labour Party) Conwy
Katy Clark, (Labour Party) North Ayrshire and Arran
Sian C James, (Labour Party) Swansea East
Dennis Skinner, (Labour Party) Bolsover
Daniel Rogerson, (Liberal Democrats) North Cornwall
Nick Harvey, (Liberal Democrats) North Devon
Alasdair McDonnell, (Social Democratic and Labour Party) Belfast South
Ann Cryer, (Labour Party) Keighley
Linda Riordan, (Labour Party) Halifax