Graham Stringer

That this House welcomes the Local Transport Bill which will give passenger transport executives and other local transport authorities a broader range of powers with which to tackle the cuts in services, decline in patronage and inflation-plus fares rises which have been the hall

5 Feb 2008

That this House welcomes the provisions in the Local Transport Bill to allow for enhanced Statutory Quality Partnership schemes designed to improve bus services, but expresses concern that lobbying by vested interests in the bus industry has resulted in the insertion of clauses w

5 Feb 2008

That this House is dismayed that the Department of Health has funded the Prince of Wales Foundation for Integrated Healthcare Council to regulate 12 alternative therapies; and believes that quackery such as homeopathy which has no peer reviewed evidence base that it works cannot

8 Jan 2008

That this House believes that, at a time when the Government Rail White Paper endorses the strategic freight network and forecasts rail usage doubling over 30 years, National Grid's proposal to embark upon a cabling project through the Woodhead Tunnel between Manchester and Sheff

4 Dec 2007

That this House notes the provisions of the Local Transport Bill which offer the prospect of more fully empowered locally accountable transport authorities better able to tackle traffic congestion, transform bus services and deliver fully integrated transport networks; but calls

27 Nov 2007

That this House expresses concern that bus users often do not know to whom to turn when things go wrong; notes that the bus industry was the only utility to be privatised without the parallel creation of a passenger watchdog regulator; recognises that achieving the Government's a

14 Nov 2007

That this House commends the actions of the worker shareholders of FirstGroup in using their shareholdings to continue their support of workers at FirstGroup's US yellow school bus subsidiary who are seeking to organise in trade unions without fear and intimidation; supports thei

9 Jul 2007

That this House believes that the most efficient and least environmentally damaging way to transport water is by pipe and that the quarter of a million bottles of water purchased each year by the House should be reduced by at least 50 per cent. by the House authorities in order t

22 May 2007

That this House celebrates the 75th anniversary of the mass trespass on Kinder Scout in the Peak District led by Benny Rothman of Cheetham, Manchester; and recognises that this event led to the creation of National Parks and the right to roam legislation.

25 Apr 2007

That this House notes that Manchester United's home attendance for this football season is more than four times that of Watford; and therefore finds it peverse and unacceptable that the Football Association allocated more semi-final tickets to Watford than Manchester United.

16 Apr 2007