PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF THE RAILWAYS

Motion Text

That this House notes that since November 2003, passenger services have been operated in the public sector on South Eastern trains; further notes that since that time punctuality figures have improved in every quarter; further 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,; welcomes these developments alongside the growing support for public ownership of the rail network; and supports the principle of an integrated, publicly-owned, publicly-accountable railway.