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HANSARD Bus FundingI am delighted to confirm that Shropshire’s resource departmental expenditure limit allocation is £3.1 million, so the hon. Lady has already had a further £600,000 out of today’s…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Bus FundingThe hon. Gentleman raises some important points. It is right that local people have the mechanisms and ability to hold their local authorities to account. One such mechanism that…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Bus FundingMy hon. Friend is right: cutting services such as the 46 has real-world implications for people attempting to access work, see their friends and family, or get to the local high…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Bus FundingMy hon. Friend makes an important point. This Government have put improving public transport at the heart of our priorities in order to deliver growth and allow people to access…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Bus FundingThe combination of Andy Burnham having franchised powers and this transformational funding is the reason why he can keep the fare cap at £2 in Greater Manchester. The combination…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Bus FundingThe way the formula has been designed explicitly benefits rural areas, because a third of the allocation is dependent on bus mileage; that is why a number of areas, including…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Bus FundingMy hon. Friend is a true champion for the people of Kent, and this is a record investment in them and their bus services. The area was badly underfunded by the previous Government…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Bus FundingI was delighted to announce half a billion pounds of investment in Wrightbus just a few weeks ago. Those buses will make their way around the country and are fully…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Bus FundingIt sounds like the Somerset volunteers are doing a cracking job. I am very happy to congratulate them and to welcome the £6.8 million of funding announced for Somerset today.18 Nov 2024HANSARD Bus FundingThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. The biggest barrier to people getting the bus is the absence of a bus in lots of communities, and that is why we have directed this significant…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Bus FundingThis afternoon I was delighted to meet the Mayor of the west midlands, Richard Parker, to talk about how he is taking forward the bus powers in the west midlands. I was also…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Bus FundingThe hon. Lady is right, and that is one of the reasons why, throughout next year, we will be looking at the bus fare cap and considering whether we can extend a concession of some…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Bus FundingWith your permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will update the House on our plans for better buses in England outside London. When we talk about fixing the foundations of our…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Bus FundingColleges and large employers that use shift workers are two of the institutions that often raise with me their frustration about local bus services. The problem with the current…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Bus FundingMy hon. Friend is entirely right. Tees Valley has done very well out of today’s funding settlement, and I would encourage the Mayor to consider franchising options to deliver…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Bus FundingMy hon. Friend is right that the 30% cut to his bus services is absolutely shocking. Behind every one of those cuts is a human story of opportunity and ambition curtailed. I have…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Bus FundingMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I get very frustrated in the transport policy space because we often think of investment only in big infrastructure as a mechanism by which to…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Bus FundingI am grateful to my hon. Friend for standing up, for Portsmouth and its people, as she always does. Today’s funding settlement will be ringfenced towards buses to ensure that…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Bus FundingThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Under the current system, money has been thrown hand over fist at operators, which have cherry-picked the most commercially viable routes,…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Bus FundingI am very happy to confirm that we are investing in Plymouth, Plymouth’s people and Plymouth’s buses. Buses are an enormous engine of social justice, because, as I said earlier,…18 Nov 2024