Summary:
6 October 2009: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government, Department of Transport, Office of the Rail Regulator, DB Schenker and Network Rail seeking responses to the points raised in the petition and during the discussion. Link to Official Report 6 October 2009
20 April 2010: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government and Network Rail seeking a response to specific points. Link to Official Report 20 April 2010
29 June 2010: The Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change seeking a response to specific points. Link to Official Report 29 June 2010
23 November 2010: The Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change, Scottish Power, Network Rail and the petitioners inviting them to a future meeting. Link to Official Report 23 November 2010
25 January 2011: The Committee took evidence from Keith Brown MSP, Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Scottish Government; Frances Duffy, Director of Rail, Transport Scotland; John O'Neill, Coal Trading Manager, Scottish Power; Ron McAulay, Network Rail Director, Scotland; Neil McDonald, Managing Director, Industrial, D B Schenker; Mac West, Roads and Transportation Manager, Clackmannanshire Council and Anne Massie and Colin Sloper, petitioners. The Committee agreed to write to Transport Scotland, Clackmannanshire Council and Network Rail seeking responses to points raised during the discussion. It also agreed to invite, in its legacy paper, the Session 4 Public Petitions Committee to give further consideration to the petitions. Link to Official Report 25 January 2011
8 March 2011: The Committee agreed to invite, in its legacy paper, the Session 4 Public Petitions Committee to give further consideration to these petitions. Link to Official Report 8 March 2011
20 September 2011: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government, DB Schenker and Network Rail seeking responses to specific points. Link to Official Report of 20 September 2011
29 November 2011: The Committee agreed to close the petition under Rule 15.7 on the grounds that responses from the relevant bodies have indicated that stopping to the overnight running of freight trains on the Stirling – Alloa – Kincardine rail line is not a possibility; Scottish Coal and DB Schenker are private companies and the Parliament is unable to insist they take any specific action and Network Rail has confirmed again that it is not permitted to prevent operators using the railway network if paths are available. Link to Official Report 29 November 2011
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