LONDON UNDERGROUND PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

Early day motion 383, tabled 13 December 2004 by John McDonnell (Labour). Signed by 84 members.

That this House welcomes the decision of Network Rail to bring all maintenance work back in-house on the national network; notes that in the Network Rail areas where maintenance contracts were first brought in-house, delays caused by infrastructure failures have fallen between 36 per cent. and 50 per cent,; further notes that Network Rail has stated that the decision will bring the benefits of a single, integrated rail maintenance operation and management structure, which will improve track safety and standards of rail maintenance; believes it is now untenable to have fragmented maintenance on the London Underground or to allow the same companies, such as Jarvis, that have been removed from maintenance contracts on the national railway to continue to profit from declining standards on the Tube; and calls on the Government urgently to authorise the renegotiation of the public private partnership contracts with a view to bringing all maintenance and renewals under the direct control of London Underground.

Signatures by party: Labour 67, Liberal Democrat 11, Labour/Co-operative 4, Plaid Cymru 2.