CROSS-BORDER CONCESSIONARY TRAVEL SCHEME (No. 2)

Early day motion 1369, tabled 16 January 2006 by Graham Stuart (Conservative). Signed by 18 members.

That this House welcomes the 2005 Budget commitment to provide funding from April 2006 to every local authority enabling free off-peak local area bus travel for the disabled and those aged over 60; notes that such concessionary travel is invaluable to the rural and isolated communities of Holderness; further notes that vital facilities such as acute hospitals are based in different local authorities; and calls upon the Government to bring about measures to allow for cross-border travel to adjacent authorities and across regions such as Yorkshire to ensure that the elderly and disabled communities of Holderness can derive maximum benefit from the new scheme.

Signatures by party: Labour 10, DUP 4, Conservative 3, Liberal Democrat 1.