INDEMNIFICATION OF TRAIN OPERATING COMPANIES DURING INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Early day motion 1093, tabled 22 November 2005 by John McDonnell (Labour). Signed by 43 members.

That this House notes with concern the Government's continuation of a scheme, started by the Strategic Rail Authority, which indemnifies train operating companies against operating losses caused by strike action; declares the scheme to be a very clear intervention in industrial relations by a Government which consistently claims to be opposed to such interventions; further notes that £23 million has been paid to train operating companies in compensation for industrial action; and therefore calls on the Government to abandon this ill-conceived scheme immediately.

Signatures by party: Labour 38, Plaid Cymru 3, Liberal Democrat 2.