Submitted on Wednesday 22nd July 2020
Rejected on Monday 28th September 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Ensure the London Underground will not be privatised.
I would like Parliament to recognise the benefits of having London’s transportation under public ownership. Particularly, consider the nationwide failures by the private companies in delivering a decent service. Plan and agree to maintain and improve the current system, without privatisation.
The ultimate goal of private companies is to be profitable for their shareholders, sometimes in the short term. A government’s responsibility to the public would include considerations such as convenience, health and safety, terrorism and long term investment. For example, looking at recent events during the pandemic, one has to question the conflict of interest of a private company in introducing extra measures over profit and whether they would respond as quickly as the government.
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