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Chamber and committees

Ending the Cross-border Train Drivers Dispute

  • Submitted by: Alex Rowley, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour.
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2023
  • Motion reference: S6M-11524
  • Current status: Achieved cross-party support

That the Parliament notes the calls on the UK Government to re-engage in good faith negotiations to end the long-running dispute between train drivers and the train operating companies, including cross-border operators such as Avanti, LNER, Cross Country and Trans Pennine Express; understands that the UK Government is restricting what these companies can offer but is refusing to take part in the negotiations themselves; further understands that the only offer made to drivers to date would have decimated what it sees as long-held and hard-won terms and conditions; believes, therefore, that this offer was completely unacceptable; understands that the drivers and their union, ASLEF, are fed up with the intransigence of the UK Government, and that they want to engage in serious and meaningful negotiations to end this long-running dispute, but that, having not had a pay rise since 2019, they are committed and resolute in their determination to secure a fair settlement; considers that this dispute is impacting on the travelling public in Scotland, including passengers from Fife who want to travel to and from Scotland, the wider Scottish economy and the drivers taking action, and notes the calls on the train operating companies, the Rail Delivery Group and, most of all, the UK Government to restart meaningful talks to settle this dispute once and for all.


Supported by: Jackie Baillie, Neil Bibby, Sarah Boyack, Keith Brown, Maggie Chapman, Foysol Choudhury, Katy Clark, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Christine Grahame, Rhoda Grant, Mark Griffin, Bill Kidd, Monica Lennon, Carol Mochan, Ash Regan, Mark Ruskell, Colin Smyth, Collette Stevenson, Kevin Stewart, Paul Sweeney, Mercedes Villalba, Martin Whitfield