Adjournment debate on Monday, 13 March 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Nicholas Brown. The answering member was Phil Woolas.

Pensioner Travel (Tyne and Wear)

Adjournment debate on distribution of funding for free bus travel for pensioners in Tyne and Wear.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 443 c1269-76
Session: 2005-06
Department: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Phil Woolas | 443 c1273 (Link to this contribution) I assure my right hon. Friend that meaningful discussions are going on. The Government recognise the...; Nicholas Brown | 443 c1273 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for explaining the background to us. Does he accept that for the nex...; Phil Woolas | 443 c1271-3 (Link to this contribution) I should start by paying the usual tribute to my right hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyn...; Nicholas Brown | 443 c1269 (Link to this contribution) Truly it is said that no good deed goes unpunished. A year ago, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor ...; Nicholas Brown | 443 c1269-70 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is quite right. The Nexus budget for the financial year must cover the shortfall; the...; Fraser Kemp | 443 c1269 (Link to this contribution) On the shortfall and the way in which Nexus has handled it, does my right hon. Friend agree that whi...; David Clelland | 443 c1270-1 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne, East and Wallsend (Mr. Brown...; David Anderson | 443 c1271 (Link to this contribution) I will try to be even more concise. My right hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne, East an...; Speaker | 443 c1271 (Link to this contribution) Order. I sense that there is a co-operative at work. The normal courtesy is that the right hon. Memb...; Phil Woolas | 443 c1274 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend, who knows much better than I do about the problems of distributing money throu...; Stephen Byers | 443 c1274 (Link to this contribution) The Minister will know that local government makes a number of requests and representations to Gover...; Phil Woolas | 443 c1273-4 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman has made an important point. However, it is also true that local government...; Lord Beith | 443 c1273 (Link to this contribution) Surely the Minister knows—the Government have admitted this—that whereas the total sum might be suff...; Phil Woolas | 443 c1275-6 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend makes a valid request. The Government’s approach is to examine the budget of Ne...; Nicholas Brown | 443 c1274 (Link to this contribution) What my right hon. and hon. Friends and I want to know is how this matter is to be resolved. Can the...
Subjects: Bus services Concessions Fares Pensioners Local government finance Public transport Tyne and Wear
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Pensioner Travel (Tyne and Wear)

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