Extract from Scottish Parliament debate on Railway Policing - Jan 24
Thursday, 25 January 2018 08:10
Margaret Mitchell (Central Scotland) (Con):...At stage 3, SNP MSPs,
with the support of Green MSPs, voted to pass the bill, despite
widespread criticism from stakeholders including the British
Transport Police Federation, the British Transport Police
Superintendents' Association Branch, the rail unions' ”including
RMT, the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen and
the Transport Salaried Staffs Association”the Rail Delivery Group,
which represents Network Rail and the...Request free trial
(Central Scotland)
(Con):...At stage 3, SNP MSPs, with the support of
Green MSPs, voted to pass the bill, despite widespread criticism
from stakeholders including the British Transport Police
Federation, the British Transport Police Superintendents'
Association Branch, the rail unions' ”including RMT, the Associated
Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen and the Transport
Salaried Staffs Association”the Rail Delivery Group, which
represents Network Rail and the train operators, including
ScotRail, CrossCountry, Virgin Trains East Coast
and Transpennine Express, and Samaritans
Scotland, which has first-hand knowledge of suicide and mental
health issues in rail settings. Those stakeholders warned of the
dangerous consequences of full integration, starting with loss of
expertise through the exodus of BTP Scotland officers as a result
of the Scottish Government's failure to deliver on the guarantees
that were sought by officers regarding jobs, pay and
pensions...
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