MOBILE PHONES ON TRAINS

Early day motion 749, tabled 17 May 2000 by David Chaytor (Labour). Signed by 45 members.

That this House deplores the willingness with which many mobile phone users on trains divulge intimate details of their domestic and business affairs to their fellow passengers; further notes the alarming increase in the frequency of mobile phone use on trains and the consequent inconvenience to non-phone using passengers; congratulates Heathrow Express on the introduction of Quiet Zones on its trains for passengers who wish to work and/or travel in peace; and calls on the Government to encourage the rail operators to designate mobile phone free zones on all trains, following the precedent established by smoking and non-smoking sections.

Signatures by party: Labour 34, Liberal Democrat 6, Labour/Co-operative 3, UUP 2.