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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
RAILTRACK (No.2) (7 November 2001)

Motion Details

That this House regrets the decision made by the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions to put Railtrack plc into administration; notes his statement that this action was taken because of his belief that refusal to grant financial assistance would render Railtrack insolvent; observes that Railtrack's accounts at 31st March included over ú2 billion of undrawn committed bank facilities as well as an unspecified amount of property assets; further regrets the recent discrepancies between statements made by the Secretary of State and the Chairman of Railtrack over the content of discussions at their meeting on 25th July; welcomes the decision of the Chairman of Railtrack to hand over his minutes of that meeting to the Financial Services Authority; and calls upon the Secretary of State both to end the confusion by publishing his minutes of that meeting and to launch a full and independent public inquiry so as to remove any doubts about the basis upon which recent decisions on the railway were made.

Sponsored by:
Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Conservative
68
96%
 
 
Speaker
1
1%
 
 
Labour
1
1%
 
 
Not Available
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (71 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Con
Sir David Amess
Con
Lord Barker of Battle
Con
Mr John Baron
Spk
John Bercow
Con
Lord Blencathra
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
Con
Sir John Butterfill
Con
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
Con
Sir William Cash
Con
Sir Christopher Chope
Christchurch
Con
Mr James Clappison
Con
Mr Tim Collins
Derek Conway
Con
Mr James Cran
Lab
Lord Davies of Stamford
Con
David Davis
Goole and Pocklington
Con
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
Con
Michael Fabricant
Con
Mr Adrian Flook
Con
Mr Eric Forth
Con
Sir Liam Fox
Con
Lord Garnier
Con
Lord Goodman of Wycombe
Con
James Gray
Con
Lord Grayling
Con
Damian Green
Con
Mr Nick Hawkins
Con
Sir John Hayes
South Holland and The Deepings
Con
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Con
Lord Horam
Con
Lord Howard of Lympne
Con
Sir Gerald Howarth
Con
Mr Michael Jack
Con
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Harwich and North Essex
Con
Sir Greg Knight
Con
Mrs Jacqui Lait
Con
Lord Lansley
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Con
The Marquess of Lothian
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Mr Andrew Mackay
Con
Mr Humfrey Malins
Con
Baroness May of Maidenhead (Sponsor)
Con
Lord McLoughlin
Con
Mr Stephen O'Brien
Con
Sir James Paice
Con
Mr Owen Paterson
Con
Lord Pickles
Con
Mr Mark Prisk
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Con
Mr Laurence Robertson
Con
Sir Hugh Robertson
Con
Dame Marion Roe
Con
Andrew Rosindell
Romford
Con
Andrew Selous
Con
Mark Simmonds
Con
Mr Keith Simpson
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
Con
Lord Swire
Con
Sir Robert Syms
Con
Mr John D. Taylor
Con
Dame Angela Watkinson
Con
Sir John Whittingdale
Maldon
Con
Sir Bill Wiggin
Con
Mr John Wilkinson
Con
Lord Willetts
Con
Mr David Wilshire
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Con
Mr Tim Yeo

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