My Lords,Ladies and Gentlemen...Pray silence for the following motion
submitted to the Commons on 21st Jan 2004.
"That this house disagrees with the decision of the Mayor of London to
phase out this year virtually all of the 500 or so Routemaster buses
currently in service in Central London ; notes that the entire fleet has
quite recently been refurbished,not least to conform with modern emissions
standards,and that some buses have been further internally refurbished in
recent months;further notes the strong popularity of Routemasters with
Members of the Public; and calls on the Mayor to postpone plans to withdraw
these popular,perfectly servicable buses.

Motion in the name of : Norman Baker.

Roy Beggs. Lynsey Hoyle. Rob Marris
David Burnside. Greg Pope. Andrew Rossindell
Tony Coleman. Bob Spink. Tom Brake.
Gerry Tonge. Gregory Campbell. Peter Bottomley. Mrs Ann Cryer. Vincent
Cable. Paul Keetch.
Brian Cotter. Paul Marsden. Alan Simpson. Stephen Pound. Simon Thomas. Bob
Russell. Andrew Stunnell. Paul Tyler.

Order...Order....Move down along the Bus now please......Ding Ding...!!

This will certainly not be popular with TfL senior management,who after all
are completely in tune with the requirements of their Customers...?