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  Secretary of State for Transport - Censure - Salary Reduction - East Coast Franchise
  
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  @ MP voted aye to censure the Secretary of State for Transport for his handling of the East Coast franchise and his proposal to re-privatise the route rather than operate it as a public sector operation and to reduce the Secretary of State's ministerial salary by Â£2,400 per year.
  
  @ MP voted no not to censure the Secretary of State for Transport for his handling of the East Coast franchise and his proposal to re-privatise the route rather than operate it as a public sector operation and against reducing the Secretary of State's ministerial salary by Â£2,400 per year.
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to censure the Secretary of State for Transport for his handling of the East Coast franchise and his proposal to re-privatise the route rather than operate it as a public sector operation and against reducing the Secretary of State's ministerial salary by Â£2,400 per year.
  
  The motion rejected by the majority of MPs taking part in this vote was:
  
  :That this House
  :''censures'' the Secretary of State for Transport, the Rt hon Member for Epsom and Ewell, for his handling of the East Coast franchise and his proposal to re-privatise the route rather than operate it as a public sector operation; and
  :''calls on the Government'' to reduce his ministerial salary by Â£2,400 per year.
  
  
  
  
  
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