Found: This includes through the Bus Services Bill, which empowers local authorities to control their bus services

Found: Capping the bus fare at £3 until March ’27 is really important, but equally, in the Bus Services Bill

Found: The Bus Services Bill (No.2) is welcome in that it will make it easier and faster for transport authorities

Found: The revisions to franchising guidance and the Bus Services Bill will be valuable tools to enable this

Found: A similar proposal was included in the Private Members' Bill, the Bus Services Bill, recently introduced

Found: Sharon Payne: The bus services Bill has had its Second Reading.

Found: and staff awareness, including new statutory training requirements being introduced by the Bus Services Bill

Found: and staff awareness, including new statutory training requirements being introduced by the Bus Services Bill

Found: stage of the Bus Services (No. 2) Bill: https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2025/march/bus-services-bill-bill-undergoes-further-scrutiny-in-the

Found: That is why we introduced the bus services Bill, which is designed to give local leaders the tools

Found: Other  Through the forthcoming Integrated National Transport Strategy, the Bus Services Bill, devolution

Found: Through the Bus Services Bill we have introduced some new standards around bus stop accessibility.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support she plans to make available to increase after school transport in rural areas.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)

The department’s home-to-school travel policy aims to make sure that no child is prevented from accessing education by a lack of transport. Local authorities are responsible for arranging free home-to-school travel for eligible children. A child is eligible if they are of compulsory school age, 5 to 16, attend their nearest school and would not be able to walk there because of the distance, their special educational needs, a disability or mobility problem, or because the nature of the route means it would be unsafe for them to do so. There are extended rights to free travel for children from low-income families.

Local authorities’ duty is focused on ensuring children can attend school for the main school day, but public transport has an important role to play too. The Bus Services Bill will put the power over local bus services in the hands of local leaders to ensure networks can meet the needs of communities who rely on them.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking support (a) schools and (b) parents with school transport in rural areas.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)

The department’s home-to-school travel policy aims to make sure that no child is prevented from accessing education by a lack of transport. Local authorities are responsible for arranging free home-to-school travel for eligible children. A child is eligible if they are of compulsory school age, 5 to 16, attend their nearest school and would not be able to walk there because of the distance, their special educational needs, a disability or mobility problem, or because the nature of the route means it would be unsafe for them to do so. There are extended rights to free travel for children from low-income families.

In addition, the Bus Services Bill will put the power over local bus services in the hands of local leaders to ensure networks can meet the needs of communities who rely on them.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to support the decarbonisation of Heavy Duty Vehicles.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government is committed to decarbonising heavy-duty vehicles, and is supporting this through programmes such as the Plug-in Truck Grant, the Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator (ZEHID) programme, further funding for the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas programme, and a bus decarbonisation measure in the Bus Services Bill, which is currently going through Parliament.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to support the decarbonisation of heavy duty vehicles.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government is committed to decarbonising heavy-duty vehicles, and is supporting this through programmes such as the Plug-in Truck Grant, the Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator (ZEHID) programme, further funding for the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas programme, and a bus decarbonisation measure in the Bus Services Bill, which is currently going through Parliament.

Found: refresh includes an evidence-based programme to tackle VAWG on public transport, including the Bus Services Bill

Found: franchising schemes, while recognising that franchising would not suit all areas: The new Bus Services Bill

Found: Cycling UK written evidence submission- Bus Services Bill July 2025 1.

Found: In 2016, I drafted 2 Amendments for the Bus Services Bill about (a) Confidential Safety Reporting for

Found: Campaign by Simon Munk, Head of Campaigns & Community Development Sustainable modes - The current Bus Services Bill

Found: submitted by Councillor Jon Byrne, Stockport Labour Group Shadow Transport Lead (BSB28) Response to Bus Services Bill

Found: Conclusion The Bus Services Bill is timely.

Found: the Bill) then award a franchising contract to it directly, therefore (1) circumventing the Bus Services Bill

Found: This is why a commitment to Vision Zero should be central to the Bus Services Bill.

Found: franchising contract to the LABCo directly without competition, therefore (1) circumventing the Bus Services Bill

Found: BUS SERVICES BILL (NO.2) Briefing for the Bill Committee BACKGROUND Campaign for Better Transport

Found: franchising schemes, while recognising that franchising would not suit all areas: The new Bus Services Bill

Found: The Bus Services Bill (No.2) will enable local leaders to choose the model that works for them – be

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Found: any zero-emission bus mandate from 2030, should the zero-emission vehicle provisions in the Bus Services Bill

Found: billion to improve bus reliability, frequency and access in towns, cities and rural areas new Bus Services Bill

Found: zero-emission buses funded by government currently being built by UK-based manufacturers. comes as the Bus Services Bill

Found: particularly the vulnerable – will be protected from sudden cuts to their services thanks to the Bus Services Bill

Found: Towards better buses…   Introducing the Bus Services Bill, giving local authorities greater control over

Found: The Bus Services Bill (No.2) will enable local leaders to choose the model that works for them – be

Found: The Bus Services Bill (No.2) will enable local leaders to choose the model that works for them – be

Found: The Bus Services Bill (No.2) will enable local leaders to choose the model that works for them – be

Found: Foundation Trust

Found: Both the Bus Services Bill and the Passenger Railway Services Act will support the delivery of more

Found: Both the Bus Services Bill and the Passenger Railway Services Act will support the delivery of more

Found: Both the Bus Services Bill and the Passenger Railway Services Act will support the delivery of more

Found: The Bus Services Bill and the risks to the Bus Network The Bill sets out a new structure to plan and