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Bus Services Bill inquiry

Closed Opened 19 Jul 2016 Closed 3 May 2017

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Inquiry scope (the committee's words)
The Transport Committee says the Bus Services Bill is a major opportunity to transform passengers' experiences of bus services. Government Response Read the Government response to the Bus Services Bill report Read the Government response to the Bus Services Bill report (PDF 230 KB) The Transport Committee investigates the Bus Services Bill, which seeks to amend the framework for the delivery of bus services in England outside of London and provide for improvements in ticketing, open data and bus registration.

Where it stands

The inquiry is closed, opened 19 July 2016.

The committee has published 1 report, most recently 8th Report - Bus Services Bill on 25 November 2016.

The government's response

Published 18 January 2017.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The Government agrees with some of the Committee's recommendations on the Bus Services Bill, partially agrees with others, and disagrees with several, including on BSOG devolution, community assets and municipal bus companies.

  • On publishing detail of the Enhanced Partnership voting mechanism, the Government agrees, and says it plans "to consult in early 2017" on draft secondary legislation setting out the operator objection mechanism.
  • On publishing all draft secondary legislation and guidance at introduction, it "partially agrees", saying this is not always "realistic" given the timetable, and intends to "formally consult" on key drafts in January.
  • It disagrees that BSOG should be devolved to authorities with partnership schemes, preferring to consider requests "on a case by case basis", and disagrees that employee consultation should be required for Enhanced Partnership Schemes.
  • On accessibility regulations, it agrees "with some elements" of the recommendation but says it "would be premature to set a date for implementation" until it better understands supply chain capabilities and impacts on operators.

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Reports

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Evidence

  • 1 oral evidence sessionLatest 12 September 2016
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Reports

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Oral evidence sessions

1 session

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Date Session and witnesses Source
12 Sep 2016
Oral evidence session
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