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  London Underground (Public-Private Partnership)
  
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  <p>After rejecting the previous motion for debate,[1] the majority voted to set the motion that would be passed by the House to be:</p>
  
  <blockquote>This House welcomes the Government's implementation of its manifesto commitment to create a Public Private Partnership for London Underground which will bring in Â£8 billion of new investment and up to Â£5 billion worth of maintenance over the next fifteen years-leading to faster, more reliable journeys and a safer, more attractive Underground of the kind Londoners deserve; supports the doubling of the resources available to the Mayor for transport in London over the next three years; condemns the previous Government's record of under-investment in transport and in particular their erratic investment in London Underground, which left it with a Â£1.2 billion backlog; and deplores the Official Opposition's plans to privatise London Underground, which will fundamentally undermine public accountability.[2]</blockquote>
  
  <p>By 2008 the House of Commons were debating the collapse of the contract and authorizing a Â£2 billion bail-out.[3]</p>
  
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  <li>[1] <a href="http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2000-11-13&number=326">Division 326</a>, House of Commons, 13 November 2000</li>
  
  <li>[2] <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmhansrd/vo001113/debtext/01113-07.htm
  ">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Keith Hill)</a>, House of Commons, 13 November 2000</li>
  
  <li>[3] <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2008-03-10a.85.0">Supplementary Estimates, 2007-08 -- London Underground</a>, House of Commons, 10 March 2008</li>
  
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