division_name: Transport Secretary: East Coast Franchise
motion: <p class="indent" pid="c851.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">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 &#163;2,400 per year.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c856.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;no idea how it might work&#8221;?</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c856.0/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;If I was doing this kind of partnership, I would not do it on the east coast&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c856.0/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;completely counter-intuitive&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c861.12/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;the business revenues are estimated to reach around &#163;2bn over the period of interim operation and the forecast income or premium for taxpayers is estimated at around a quarter of a billion pounds.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c871.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;should not be expected to take external macroeconomic&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c872.2/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Competition is a process of rivalry between firms seeking to win customers&#8217; business over time by offering them a better deal.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c875.2/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;in a really good position thanks to the positive transformation we&#8217;ve started&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c875.2/8" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;It is a bit of a cheek for a Member&#8230;to lecture and question us about rail investment when the Government have made so many promises that they have failed to deliver.&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2018-12-05">5 December</phrase> 2006; Vol. 454, c. 221.]</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="c898.2/8" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="c898.2/9" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 271, Noes 304.</p>