United Kingdom · Motion · Early Day Motion
EDM 749
MOBILE PHONES ON TRAINS
Introduced
17 May 2000
Last action
17 May 2000 · Early Day Motion
Status
0
Sponsors
Mr David Chaytor
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17 May 2000
Summary
That this House deplores the willingness with which many mobile phone users on trains divulge intimate details of their domestic and business affairs to their fellow passengers; further notes the alarming increase in the frequency of mobile phone use on trains and the consequent inconvenience to non-phone using passengers; congratulates Heathrow Express on the introduction of Quiet Zones on its trains for passengers who wish to work and/or travel in peace; and calls on the Government to encourage the rail operators to designate mobile phone free zones on all trains, following the precedent established by smoking and non-smoking sections.
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Timeline
17 May 2000
Early Day Motion
That this House deplores the willingness with which many mobile phone users on trains divulge intimate details of their domestic and business affairs to their fellow passengers; further notes the alarming increase in the frequency of mobile phone use on trains and the consequent inconvenience to non-phone using passengers; congratulates Heathrow Express on the introduction of Quiet Zones on its trains for passengers who wish to work and/or travel in peace; and calls on the Government to encourage the rail operators to designate mobile phone free zones on all trains, following the precedent established by smoking and non-smoking sections.
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- Mr David Chaytor · Labour · Primary sponsor
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- Official source: https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motions/18115
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- uk · edm-18115 · source updated 17 May 2000