Clause 27 - Terms of employment
Railways and Transport Safety Bill
4:00 pm
Mr John Spellar (Minister of State (Transport), Department for Transport; Warley, Labour)
Clause 27 ensures that the British Transport police authority's employment practices fall within the criteria set by the Secretary of State. British Transport police officers will hold the office of constable and also be employees of the authority. In transferring to the British Transport police authority from the Strategic Rail Authority—which is their current employer—British Transport police officers' existing terms and conditions of employment will be protected. I would have thought that that would be a matter of considerable concern not only to British Transport police officers—and to other staff—but to Committee members.