Concessionary Bus Fares (No. 2)

EDM number 155 in 2008-09, proposed by Adrian Sanders on 08/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Buses and Children and families.

That this House welcomes the benefits brought by the concessionary bus fares scheme for the over-60s and disabled; notes that under 18 year olds suffer from similar restrictions to mobility such as minimal income and lack of access to private transport; further notes that concessionary schemes for the under 18s are not standard across the UK and that some 16 year olds pay the equivalent of full adult bus fare; recognises that the lack of access to public transport for under 18 year olds in many areas of the UK has a serious debilitating effect upon their quality of life, leading to poor citizenship, anti-social behaviour and other negative outcomes; calls upon the Government to acknowledge the wide disparity in transport provision for young people; and further calls for action to be taken to provide a universal concessionary scheme for young people to better enable them to accomplish the aims of Every Child Matters.

This motion has been signed by a total of 17 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Adrian Sanders	08/12/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Mike Hancock	09/12/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lynne Jones	09/12/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Robert Wareing	10/12/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Seconded
Brian Iddon	10/12/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Seconded
Annette Brooke	10/12/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Colin Breed	10/12/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	10/12/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	10/12/2008	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dari Taylor	11/12/2008	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/12/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	17/12/2008	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	17/12/2008	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	12/01/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	19/01/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	26/01/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	27/01/2009	Ynys M	Labour	Signed

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