National bus strategy: one year on

Transport Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 4 Mar 2022 Closed: 22 Jun 2023 Parliament page
A Transport Select Committee inquiry to scrutinise the implementation of the Government’s national bus strategy. as set out in Bus Back Better: national bus strategy for England published in March 2021 and to examine the challenges faced by the sector as it recovers from the pandemic. Read the call for … Read more
8 Recommendations
10 Conclusions
1 Report
3 Oral sessions
2 Letters
3 Events
Activity timeline 10 events
22 Jun
2023
Report published
30 Mar
2023
Report published
12 Oct
2022
Correspondence
7 Sep
2022
Correspondence
29 Jun
2022
Oral evidence
29 Jun
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 8, Palace of Westminster
8 Jun
2022
Oral evidence
8 Jun
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 8, Palace of Westminster
18 May
2022
Oral evidence
18 May
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 3 sessions
29 Jun 2022
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Stephen Fidler · Department for Transport The Baroness Vere of Norbiton · Department for Transport
8 Jun 2022
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Alistair Hands · Arriva Group Martin Dean · Go-Ahead Group Mr Peter Freedman · Switch Mobility Paul Turner · Transdev Blazefield Ltd Tanya Sinclair · Chargepoint
18 May 2022
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Councillor David Renard · Local Government Association Councillor Steven Broadbent · Buckinghamshire Council Councillor Tony Page · Reading Borough Council Linda McCord · Transport Focus Peter Bond · Transport for the West Midlands Peter Hardy · Integrated Transport Planning
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fourth Report - Implementation of the National Bus Strategy HC 161 30 Mar 2023 18 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
4 Conclusion Deferred
Fourth Report - Implementation of …
We continue to be concerned about the capacity of smaller local transport authorities to compete...
We continue to be concerned about the capacity of smaller local transport authorities to compete on an even playing field with larger authorities in competitive bidding processes. We welcome the Government’s attempts to support less successful authorities, but this funding … Read more
Government Response
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Government Response AI assessment · 18 of 8 classified
Accepted 3
Accepted in Part 8
Acknowledged 6
Deferred 1
Total 8 recs + 10 conclusions
Correspondence 2 letters
12 Oct 2022 Correspondence from Minister of State for Roads, Buses and Places, Department for Transport, dated 3 September 2022relating to the £2 bus fare cap, dated
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7 Sep 2022 Correspondence from the Minister for Roads, Buses and Places, Department for Transport, relating to additional funding for buses, dated 19 August 2022
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