CONCESSIONARY BUS FARES SCHEME

Early day motion 934, tabled 21 February 2007 by Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 37 members.

That this House welcomes the extension of the concessionary bus fares scheme; notes that the existing grant did not fully compensate those local authorities for which this was an enhanced concession; further notes that areas with a large number of qualifying residents are having to subsidise the scheme from other resources; fears that widening the scheme, whilst welcome in principle, will impact disproportionately on areas that attract large numbers of visitors, such as coastal resorts, whose demography already results in a higher uptake; and therefore calls on the Government to ensure that local authorities with these characteristics will be fully compensated under the new scheme.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 29, Labour 7, Conservative 1.