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Funding Of Concessionary Bus Fare Scheme

EDM number 1069 in 2007-08, proposed by Norman Baker on 27/02/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Buses and Local government.

That this House welcomes the concessionary bus fare scheme; expresses concern at the findings of new research which indicate a £60 million national shortfall in Government funding for the scheme; expresses particular concern that the hardest hit local authorities are facing shortfalls of as much as £1.7 million; notes that in these cases the shortfall in these councils is the equivalent of a council tax increase of £40 per family; and calls upon the Government to review the current funding formula used to calculate the grants given to local authorities for the concessionary bus fares scheme.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Norman Baker27/02/2008LewesLiberal DemocratProposed
John Leech27/02/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mark Hunter27/02/2008CheadleLiberal DemocratSeconded
John Pugh27/02/2008SouthportLiberal DemocratSeconded
Richard Younger-Ross27/02/2008TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSeconded
Paul Rowen27/02/2008RochdaleLiberal DemocratSeconded
Bob Russell27/02/2008ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders27/02/2008TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Spink27/02/2008Castle PointConservativeSigned
Nick Harvey27/02/2008North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George27/02/2008St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley27/02/2008Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Nicholas Winterton28/02/2008MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Stephen Williams28/02/2008Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Philip Davies28/02/2008ShipleyConservativeSigned
Simon Hughes28/02/2008North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed03/03/2008South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock03/03/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell03/03/2008Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Lee Scott03/03/2008Ilford NorthConservativeSigned
Alan Simpson04/03/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Paul Holmes04/03/2008ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch04/03/2008HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Gregory Campbell04/03/2008East LondonderryDUPSigned
Robert Wareing05/03/2008Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Phil Willis12/03/2008Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned

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