Bus Deregulation And Stagecoach

EDM number 30 in 1994-95, proposed by Alan Milburn on 16/11/1994.

That this House expresses its sympathy with the people of Darlington who have been subjected to congestion, pollution and disturbance from a protracted bus war involving over 200 buses per hour running through the town centre; notes that the recent arrival of Stagecoach buses in the town offering free fares for a limited period led to the collapse of the 90 year old Darlington Transport Company; believes that once again Stagecoach is using its financial muscle to elbow its rivals off the road in an effect to create a private monopoly over bus services; and calls upon the Secretary of State for Transport to end the disaster of bus deregulation and the President of the Board of Trade to conduct a full-scale inquiry into the operating practices of Stagecoach.

This motion has been signed by a total of 63 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.