School Buses

EDM number 569 in 2006-07, proposed by Lindsay Hoyle on 08/01/2007.

That this House notes that under the Education Act 1944 local education authorities have a statutory obligation to cover the cost of bus travel for children living more than three miles from the nearest school; further notes that this law is outdated due to changes in society, increasing road traffic, child safety issues and a growing need to encourage children to use public transport rather than travelling in cars; and calls on the Government to remove the three mile limit and to ensure that funds are available to allow local education authorities to bus children to school from wherever they live.

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Lindsay Hoyle	08/01/2007	Chorley	Labour	Proposed
Nigel Evans	08/01/2007	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Seconded
David Crausby	08/01/2007	Bolton North East	Labour	Seconded
Bob Russell	08/01/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
George Galloway	09/01/2007	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	09/01/2007	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Seconded
Bob Spink	09/01/2007	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	10/01/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	10/01/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	10/01/2007	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
David Drew	10/01/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/01/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	10/01/2007	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	10/01/2007	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	10/01/2007	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Andrew George	11/01/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	11/01/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	11/01/2007	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	15/01/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	15/01/2007	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	15/01/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	16/01/2007	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	16/01/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	17/01/2007	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Clelland	17/01/2007	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	17/01/2007	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	18/01/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/01/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	19/01/2007	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	22/01/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	22/01/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew Pelling	22/01/2007	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
John Hemming	24/01/2007	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hendrick	25/01/2007	Preston	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	01/02/2007	Jarrow	Labour	Signed

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