| Heading: |
Buses: Regulation |
| Question ID: |
1806578 |
| UIN: |
55011 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5025 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Chris Webb
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| Asking Member handle: |
ChrisWebbMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@ChrisWebbMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reviewing the regulatory framework applying to coaches. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-05 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4943 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Simon Lightwood
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| Answering Member handle: |
simonlightwood
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@simonlightwood
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The UK coach sector was deregulated by the Transport Act 1980 and services are operated on a commercial basis without receiving government funding. Where coaches provide local bus services, they may be required to comply with the relevant legislation gove... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |