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Amendments proposed to the Transport Bill - continued	House of Commons

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Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

387

Clause 100, page 60, line 18, at end insert 'and

(c) he provides the service having due regard to the local transport plan and has consulted with all the relevant local authorities.'.

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

388

Clause 101, page 60, line 33, at end insert—

'( ) Where the consent of the operator or operators to revoke a scheme under the terms of subsection (2) above is not forthcoming, the authority or authorities may, after due consultation with the operator or operators, and user groups, and having given notice of their intention, terminate the scheme within twelve months.'.

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

389

Clause 104, page 61, line 26, leave out from 'area' to end of line 32 and insert—

'(1A) The scheme proposed will implement the policies set out in the authority's current integrated transport strategy in the area to which the proposed scheme relates in a way that will enhance the benefits brought to persons using those services, and can demonstrate effects which are environmentally beneficial.'.

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

390

Clause 104, page 62, line 5, leave out 'another person' and insert 'other persons'.

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

Clause 104, page 62, line 5, leave out 'exclusive'.

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

449

*Clause 104, page 62, line 5, after 'exclusive', insert 'or shared'.

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

471

*Clause 106, page 63, line 10, leave out 'national' and insert 'regional'.

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

472

*Clause 106, page 63, line 13, leave out 'national' and insert 'regional'.

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

473

*Clause 106, page 63, line 16, leave out 'national' and insert 'regional'.

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

474

*Clause 106, page 63, line 18, leave out 'national' and insert 'regional'.

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

475

*Clause 106, page 63, line 23, leave out 'national' and insert 'regional'.

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

476

*Clause 106, page 63, line 28, leave out 'national' and insert 'regional'.

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

477

*Clause 106, page 63, line 30, leave out 'national' and insert 'regional'.

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

478

*Clause 106, page 63, line 32, at end add—

'( ) "The appropriate regional authority" in this section shall be the regional development agency.'.

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

450

*Clause 107, page 63, line 35, leave out 'six' and insert 'twelve'.

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

451

*Clause 107, page 63, line 41, leave out from 'must' to end of line 42 and insert 'be set out in the appropriate Local Transport Plan and bus strategies'.

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

452

*Clause 109, page 65, line 17, at end add—

'(5) No local service provided under a scheme made in accordance with section 107 shall be covered by the provisons of the Competition Act 1998.'.

Mr Don Foster
MrMichael Moore

453

*Clause 115, page 68, line 14, leave out 'bus' and insert 'public transport including bus'.

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

391

Clause 115, page 68, line 35, at end insert—

'( ) A local transport authority may specify in a ticketing scheme that tickets shall be sold in advance of the journey and that operators shall sell the tickets for any journey covered by the ticketing scheme.'.

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

454

*Clause 115, page 68, line 42, at end add—

'( ) In this section "other public transport" means rail, light rail, tram or ferry services;

( ) In considering whether to include rail services within a scheme the authority shall consult with and take account of the views of the Strategic Rail Authority'.

Mr Peter Snape
Mr Lawrie Quinn

444

*Clause 119, page 69, line 36, after 'should', insert 'reasonably'.

Mr Peter Snape
Mr Lawrie Quinn

445

*Clause 119, page 69, line 40, after 'consult', insert 'all operators of local bus services in their area and'.

Mr Nick Raynsford

425

Clause 119, page 69, line 42, at end insert ', and

(b) the traffic commissioner for the traffic area covering their area.'.

Mr Nick Raynsford

426

Clause 120, page 70, line 37, at end insert—

'( ) The authority must give notice of any requirement imposed under subsection (3) to the traffic commissioner for the traffic area covering their area.'.

Mr Nick Raynsford

427

Clause 124, page 71, line 42, leave out 'qualifying for fuel duty grant' and insert 'in relation to which fuel used in operating the service falls to be taken into account for the purpose of calculating grant payable to the operator of the service under section 92 of that Act'.

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

455

*Clause 124, page 72, line 11, leave out '9 a.m.' and insert '9.30 a.m.'.

Mr Don Foster
Mr Michael Moore

456

*Clause 124, page 72, line 11, after '11 p.m.', insert 'or longer'.

Mr Nick Raynsford

428

Clause 130, page 76, leave out line 24 and insert 'made jointly by the Passenger Transport Authority for the area and the councils for the metropolitan districts comprised in the area.".'.

Mr Nick Raynsford

429

Schedule 10, page 174, line 2, at end insert—

'Finance Act 1965 (c.25)

A1. In section 92(8) of the Finance Act 1965 (grants towards duty charged on bus fuel), in the definition of "bus service"—

(a) in paragraph (a), after "Act" insert "or provided under a quality contract (within the meaning of Part II of the Transport Act 2000)", and

(b) in paragraph (b), for "II of that Act" substitute "II of the Transport Act 1985".'.

Mr Nick Raynsford

430

Schedule 10, page 174, line 18, leave out 'Authority's'.

Mr Nick Raynsford

431

Schedule 10, page 174, line 19, at end insert 'made jointly by the Authority and the councils for the metropolitan districts comprised in the area'.

Mr Nick Raynsford

432

Schedule 10, page 174, line 43, leave out 'at the end of paragraph (b)' and insert 'in paragraph (b), after "section"'.

Mr Nick Raynsford

433

Clause 138, page 80, line 37, at end insert—

'( ) References in this Part to the local transport plan or bus strategy of a Passenger Transport Authority for a passenger transport area are to the local transport plan or bus strategy made jointly by the Passenger Transport Authority and the councils for the metropolitan districts comprised in the area.'.

Mr Nick Raynsford

434

Clause 138, page 80, line 41, leave out subsection (7).

NEW CLAUSES RELATING TO PART II

Role of metropolitan district councils

Mr Nick Raynsford

NC7

To move the following Clause:—

'.—(1) The duties imposed on a Passenger Transport Authority for a passenger transport area by sections 92(1)(a) and (3), 93(1), (2) and (4), 94(1) and 95(2) shall be performed by—

(a) that Authority, and

(b) the councils for the metropolitan districts comprised in the area,

acting jointly.

(2) The duties imposed on a Passenger Transport Authority for a passenger transport area by sections 92(1)(b), 93(5) and (6) and 94(3) are also duties of each of the councils for the metropolitan districts comprised in the area.'.

National road safety plan

Mr Bernard Jenkin
Mr Robert Syms
Mr Peter Atkinson

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

'(1) The Secretary of State shall develop and implement policies for the promotion of the safety of all road users.

(2) The Secretary of State shall prepare each year a document which shall be known as the national road safety plan containing his policies under subsection (1), which shall be laid before Parliament for approval by both Houses of Parliament before coming into effect.

(3) The plan shall contain targets for the reductions of deaths and injuries among all road users and pedestrians and explanations of the means for achieving those reductions.'.