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  London Underground (Public-Private Partnership)
  
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  <p>[Relevant Documents:   the Seventh Report from the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee, Session 1997-98 on London Underground, HC715-I, and the Government's response thereto, Cm4093; and   the Fourteenth Report from the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee, Session 1999-2000, on the Funding of London Underground, HC411, and the Government's Response thereto, Cm4877.] 
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   I beg to move,
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  <p>The majority voted against the motion for debate, which read:[1]</p>
  
  <blockquote>This House notes the widespread concern about the viability of the Government's public private partnership proposed for London Underground; further notes that the Government has established Transport for London, which is answerable to Londoners, and whose Director, Mr. Robert Kiley, has a proven track record of modernising the New York subway system and who will take on responsibility for London Underground in due course; deplores the failure of Ministers to include Mr. Kiley and Transport for London in any meaningful consultations about the contracts under negotiation; condemns the Government's lack of openness with Londoners and their representatives about the bidding process; and urges the Government to work with Mr. Kiley and Transport for London with an open mind about what is best for London Underground and for Londoners.</blockquote>
  
  <p>The MPs then voted to replace this motion with an alternative one that welcomed the Government's commitment to the Public Private Partnership scheme.[2]</p>
  
  <p>The relevant documents for the debate were <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmenvtra/715/71502.htm">Seventh Report from the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee, Session 1997-98 on London Underground, HC715-I</a>, printed 8 July 1998, and the Government response Cm4093; and the <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmselect/cmenvtra/411/41102.htm">Fourteenth Report from the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee, Session 1999-2000, on the Funding of London Underground, HC411</a>, printed on 12 July 2000, and the Government's Response Cm4877.</p>
  
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  <li>[1] <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmhansrd/vo001113/debtext/01113-05.htm">Bernard Jenkin MP</a>, House of Commons, 13 November 2000</li>
  
  <li>[2] <a href="http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2000-11-13&number=326">Division 327</a>, House of Commons, 13 November 2000</li>
  
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