CONCESSIONARY BUS FARES SCHEME

Early day motion 51, tabled 6 November 2007 by Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 36 members.

That this House welcomes the extension of the concessionary bus fare 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 18, Labour 6, Conservative 5, DUP 4, Independent 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.