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Debate between Paul Maynard and Robert Goodwill
Thursday 6th February 2014

(10 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Robert Goodwill Portrait Mr Goodwill
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I will certainly be happy to do that. I also recommend that the operator Stagecoach should go to Scarborough and order a new fleet of buses, made in my constituency, to solve that problem.

Paul Maynard Portrait Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys) (Con)
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At a time when Lancashire county council is making further piecemeal reductions to my local bus network, will Ministers urge local authorities and private sector bus companies to involve passengers far more in the design of local networks, to ensure that the buses go to the locations that passengers actually want them to go to?

Robert Goodwill Portrait Mr Goodwill
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A number of local authorities up and down the country are looking at intelligent ways of addressing that problem, including utilising dial-a-ride and community buses more. People tend to defend the status quo, but it is often the case that alternative solutions can be more acceptable, particularly to older people who travel during the daytime.