Early day motion · EDM 238 · 5 Sep 2017
SETTLING THE SOUTHERN RAIL DISPUTE
Tabled by Stephen Lloyd (Liberal Democrat)
5 signatures
The motion
leave out 'the' to 'constituencies' in line 9, and insert 'the work done by the hon. Member for Eastbourne in securing a public commitment from the general secretaries of the trades unions to suspend planned strikes in early August if the Secretary of State for Transport agreed to meet them, with no pre-conditions, to negotiate an end to the dispute; further notes with approval that the Secretary of State for Transport subsequently agreed to meet the unions under terms which he had not previously accepted.'
Source: the official Early Day Motions database.