Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat), on Wednesday, 27 February 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 26 members in total.

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FUNDING OF CONCESSIONARY BUS FARE SCHEME

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.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1069 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

John Pugh

Richard Younger-Ross

John Leech

Paul Rowen

Mark Hunter

Subjects

Buses Local government

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk