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RMT PG Report RMT PARLIAMENTARY GROUP Parliamentary Convenor: John McDonnell MP RMT Parliamentary Group Report July 2006 – 1st December 2006 (Inclusive of the Summer and party conference season recess) 1 RMT PARLIAMENTARY GROUP Parliamentary Convenor: John McDonnell MP Contents Executive Summary 3 Parliamentary Group 5 Rail 8 · Public Ownership of Rail · Rail Workers’ Pensions · Expanding the Rail Network · Rail Franchises · GNER franchise · Greater Western Rail Franchise · Crossrail · Environmental Case for Rail · Anti- Social Behaviour on Northern Rail London Underground 18 · Fire Safety Regulations · East London Line Maritime 21 · Tonnage Tax · Thames Boatmaster licensing · Race Relations Act · Work Permits · Irish Ferries Other Campaigns 24 · Trade Union Freedom Bill · Public Service Not Private Profit · Hope Not Hate Tour · John 4 Leader Campaign Annex 1 – EDMs 26 Annex 2 – Letters 47 Annex 3 – Hansard and Group Members 53 2 RMT PARLIAMENTARY GROUP Parliamentary Convenor: John McDonnell MP Executive Summary This report covers the activities of the Group from 24th July to 1st December 2006, which has included the summer recess and party conference recess. The 2005-06 parliamentary session ended on 8th November 2006 and following the Queen’s Speech, the 2006-07 parliamentary session began on 15th November 2006. In this period, we have held one Group meeting on 31st October. The next meeting of the Group is scheduled for 12th December 2006 – and will be the final meeting of 2006. The House returns from the Christmas recess on Monday 8th January 2007. The Group meeting on 12th December will be attended by the new Rail Minister Tom Harris MP (who replaced Derek Twigg), and the Group is presently seeking further ministerial meetings on a number of issues including: · Gillian Merron (Transport Minister) re: Bus policy · Stephen Ladyman (Transport Minister) maritime policy The Group has also written to the London Mayor on the East London Line and fire safety regulations – following a meeting earlier in the year. Briefings have also been supplied to enable Group MPs to intervene in the following adjournment debates: · 7th November – Expanding the Rail Network · 29th November – Rail Franchises · 30th November – Rail Performance Written parliamentary questions have been tabled on the following issues: · East London Line · Thames Boatmaster licensing · Fire safety regulations on the London Underground · Government subsidy to passenger rail franchises · Reopening of railway lines · Greater Western franchise · Crossrail · Transfer of Network Rail powers to Transport for London In the 2005-06 parliamentary session, the Group tabled 29 EDMs (see below for summary, and Annex 1 for full details of EDM text and a list of all signatory MPs) No. Title Tabling MP Sigs 200 Tonnage Tax and UK Seafarers' Employment John McDonnell 92 230 Brittany Ferries John McDonnell 32 351 Northern Rail Services Graham Stringer 59 352 Network Rail Bob Wareing 36 395 South Eastern Trains Clive Efford 35 447 South Eastern Trains' Ticket Office Cuts Gwyn Prosser 35 532 Public Ownership of Thameslink/Greater Northern franchise Kelvin Hopkins 29 534 Public Ownership of Greater Western franchise David Drew 36 549 Fire Precautions Regulations John McDonnell 65 575 Public Service Workers and the Terrorist Attacks on London John McDonnell 84 724 Working Conditions for Road Transport Workers John McDonnell 57 3 RMT PARLIAMENTARY GROUP Parliamentary Convenor: John McDonnell MP 794 London Underground Public Private Partnership and Train Maintenance John McDonnell 31 982 Construction of Crossrail Harry Cohen 32 1093 Indemnification of Train Operating Companies during Industrial Action John McDonnell 43 1222 Treatment of Seafarers John McDonnell 51 1278 Wages of London Underground Cleaners John McDonnell 40 1561 Tenth Anniversary of Rail Privatisation John McDonnell 41 1574 Virgin Cross Country Jeremy Corbyn 29 1678 Environmental case for Rail John McDonnell 69 1680 Delivering Safer Rail Stations Kelvin Hopkins 55 1681 Rail Workers' Pensions John McDonnell 62 1920 Hope Not Hate Tour Jon Cruddas 95 1923 South Eastern Trains (No2) John McDonnell 24 1956 Regulatory Reform (S.I., 2006, No.484) John McDonnell 8 2191 Race Relations Act and the Minimum Wage Gwyn Prosser 69 2266 Safety on the River Thames John McDonnell 55 2398 East London Line John McDonnell 26 2511 Reform of Rail Fares John McDonnell 44 2910 Anti-Social Behaviour on Northern Rail services Jim Cousins 16 In addition four EDMs have been tabled on behalf of the Group since the start of the 2006- 07 parliamentary session: 133 Fire Precautions Regulations John McDonnell 42 134 Anti-Social Behaviour on Northern Rail Services Jim Cousins 42 286 Future of London Underground Passenger Services Jeremy Corbyn 21 3xx GNER Jim Cousins 6 Briefings circulated Since the end of July 2006, briefings have been circulated on the following issues: Rail · Anti-Social behaviour on Northern Rail services · East Coast Mainline / GNER franchise · Expanding the Rail Network · Rail franchising (RMT submission to Transport Select Committee) Underground · East London Line privatisation · Fire Safety regulations on the London Underground Maritime · Thames Boatmaster licensing Other · Bus reregulation · Climate Change debate · Trade Union Freedom Bill · Corporate Manslaughter 4 RMT PARLIAMENTARY GROUP Parliamentary Convenor: John McDonnell MP Parliamentary Group The Group met just prior to the summer recess on Tuesday 19th July. The House returned, following party conference season, on Monday 9th October 2006, and the first Group meeting was held on 31st October. Attendance at the Group was affected by the parliamentary debate on the proposal for an Inquiry into the Iraq war. Group Meeting – 31st October 2006 Apologies: John Austin, Katy Clark, Jeremy Corbyn, Kelvin Hopkins, Jim McGovern Group Meeting Tuesday 31st October 2006 4pm Room P, Portcullis House Agenda 1. Apologies 2. Railways & Underground · Future National Rail Strategy and Comprehensive Spending Review · Public Ownership – Future of GNER · Privatisation of London Underground East London Line · Fire Safety Regulations 3. Maritime · Tonnage Tax, Race Relations Act, Minimum Wage · Thames Boatmaster Licence 4. Road Transport · Government Review of Bus industry 5. Corporate Manslaughter 6. Trade Union Freedom Bill 7. Other Political and Industrial issues 8. Diary Dates (Next meeting: Tue 12 Dec, 4pm, Room P) 9. Any other Business The next Group meeting takes place on Tuesday 12th December and will be attended by the new Rail Minister Tom Harris MP, who replaced Derek Twigg in September 2006. The main issues that the Group will raise will with the Minister will be future rail policy and the Eddington Review 5 RMT PARLIAMENTARY GROUP Parliamentary Convenor: John McDonnell MP Briefings circulated Since July 2006, briefings have been circulated on the following issues: Rail · Anti-Social behaviour on Northern Rail services · East Coast Mainline / GNER franchise · Expanding the Rail Network · Rail franchising (RMT submission to Transport Select Committee) Underground · East London Line privatisation · Fire Safety regulations on the London Underground Maritime · Thames Boatmaster licensing Other · Bus deregulation · Climate Change debate · Trade Union Freedom Bill Press releases In addition, several press releases have been circulated to MPs – on the following issues: · 35-hour week on GNER franchise · Balfour Beatty and Victoria Line · Bus deregulation · Canary Wharf group Tube staff · Discrimination on UK ships · East London Line privatisation · Exploitative pay on the Irish Sea · GNER franchise · Heathrow Express industrial action · Israeli attack on Lebanon · Jubilee Line dispute · Ladbroke Grove · London Underground PPP · Metronet and the London Underground · North Sea Divers · OCS cleaners on Eurostar · Patrick Harrington · Pay on London Underground · Piccadilly Line safety · Privatisation of Gourock-Dunoon Ferries · Public Ownership on the Railways · Rail fares · Rail franchising and Transport Select Committee report · TfL Pension fund · Thames Boatmaster licensing · Track renewals 6 RMT PARLIAMENTARY GROUP Parliamentary Convenor: John McDonnell MP · Virgin Cross Country industrial action · West Coast Mainline upgrade · West Midlands signalling ballot · Wrexham-London rail service Queen’s Speech 2006 The Queen’s Speech on 15th November 2006 ushered in the 2006-07 parliamentary session, and also contained a number of new bills that will be of interest to the Group: · Climate Change Bill · Concessionary Bus Travel Bill · Greater London Authority Bill A draft bill on Road Transport was also announced that may pave the way for road pricing and the reregulation of local bus services. There were also some bills carried over from the previous 2005-06 parliamentary session: · Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill · Crossrail Bill Private Member’s Bill ballot At the beginning of each parliamentary session, there is a ballot for backbench MPs to introduce private legislation that is timetabled for debate on Fridays. The RMT Group sent a note to all Group members encouraging them to enter the ballot and, if selected, to adopt the Trade Union Freedom Bill as their Bill. The ballot was held on Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd November 2006, and the result was announced on Thursday 23rd November. The top 20 MPs out of the ballot will have their bills drawn up, although it is unlikely that more than the top 5 (or 10 at most) will actually have their Bill debated on the floor of the House – due
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