The Co-operative Party

Labour & Co-operative MP Louise Ellman and Labour & Co-operative Assembly Member Nicky Gavron are hosting an event on the Israeli co-operative movement. Danny Gavron in conversation Alternatives to the Market Society: Kibbutz, Commune, and Co-operative – Can we learn from the Israeli experience? Sponsored by Louise Ellman MP in partnership with Nicky Gavron AM [...]

Following our rail event with Maria Eagle MP last week, Joe Fortune reports on the National Audit Office's report on the Department for Transport stating that the massive cuts lack strategy and may benefit rail companies at the expense of passengers.

Labour & Co-operative MP and Chair of the Transport Select Committee, Louise Ellman MP, previews our fringe at Labour Party Conference in Liverpool next week. Increasing numbers of people travel by rail yet there are major question marks over whether the current system delivers value for money for taxpayers or passengers, and businesses ask why [...]

Network Rail keep getting it wrong. Last week they tried to gloss over leaks about plans for executive bonuses. And today it’s clear that they are still treating customers with contempt. A leaked report, according to the Guardian and the Evening Standard, quotes the boss of the company as saying he needs Crossrail ‘like a [...]

The governance of Network Rail must change, writes Transport Select Committee Chair Louise Ellman MP Network Rail is a vast improvement on its failed predecessor, the privatised Railtrack, which managed to distribute profits for its shareholders while it failed in its basic duty of maintaining the railways. It was finally taken into administration. Under Network [...]

Louise Ellman: I am encouraged by the Minister’s response, and I look forward to receiving reports on further progress.

Louise Ellman: I will start by setting out the current situation. The most recent annual report on road casualties was published last year and provides detailed information for 2011. In that year, there were 203,950 reported casualties on the roads of Great Britain. What is notable about the 2011 statistics is that they represent the first annual increase in the number of people killed in road accidents...

Louise Ellman: I begin by apologising that I will not be able to stay for the whole debate, because I have to lead a transport debate in Westminster Hall that starts at 1.30 pm. I am pleased to have the opportunity to discuss some of the findings of the Transport Committee’s inquiry into the European fourth railway package. The Commission justifies its proposals by talking about “stagnation or...

Louise Ellman: Will the Minister allow transport authorities to access the better bus funding scheme so that quality contracts and quality partnerships can be pursued to give young people and others a better deal?

Louise Ellman: In recent days, rockets have fallen on the Israeli town of Eilat and the Egyptian authorities have intercepted a ship containing arms destined for Gaza and Sinai. In view of that, does the Foreign Secretary agree that the implementation of United Nations resolution 1860, which deals with international arms smuggling, must be an integral part of any peace settlement?

Louise Ellman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to reach a decision on the rebuilding of the Royal Liverpool University Hospital; and if he will make a statement.

Louise Ellman: Did the Prime Minister urge French and German Ministers to proscribe Hezbollah, considering its role in killing civilians in Syria and murdering Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian national in Bulgaria?

Louise Ellman: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what support his Department is providing to projects fostering coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians.

Louise Ellman: What does the Foreign Secretary think is the likelihood of chemical weapons being used in Syria, or of those weapons being moved to Hezbollah in Lebanon, thus destabilising the wider region?

Louise Ellman: The recent murder of Israeli tourists, together with a Bulgarian national, in Bulgaria is just the latest in a string of terrorist attacks by Hezbollah, from Argentina in 1994 to Cyprus and Turkey in 2011. Just what will it take for Europe to act against this terrorist organisation?

  I recently visited Bellerive school to see their new bus service – The Green Bus. Congratulations to Bellerive school for this imaginative initiative. I hope this is a great success. The service helps students to get to school at a reasonable cost. https://www.thegreenbus.co.uk/about/

I have now been informed that the new Lark Lane Post Office at number 65 will open on Monday 29 April. This is welcomed news and the branch will be a great benefit to the area.   

I am very concerned about the NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) Regulations which will come in to force on the 1st of April.   Labour tabled a fatal motion against the original regulations in the House of Lords and … Continue reading →

I have intervened in the dispute concerning the “refurbishment” of Aigburth station and proposed demolition of the pitched roof shelter and wrought iron columns. The works were due to take place over the next few days but Network Rail have telephoned me … Continue reading →

I am concerned about the impact of the Government’s ‘bedroom tax’ on Liverpool Riverside.  From April 1st those in social housing deemed by the Government to have an ‘extra’ bedroom will lose 14% of their housing benefit unless they find … Continue reading →

I am very concerned about the impact of drastic Government cuts on Merseyside’s Fire and Rescue Services.  Strong lobbying by Merseyside MPs and the Fire Authority prevented the cuts being even deeper. The current Merseyside Grant cut for 2013/14 is … Continue reading →