Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Bill

Public Bill Committees

• Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Bill [Lords], 1st sitting (12 speeches)
  [Mr. George Stevenson in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Eligibility for travel concessions: age (88 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 6, in page 1, line 21, at end insert— `(7) The appropriate Minister shall publish each year a breakdown of the cost of travel concession schemes by local...
• Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Bill [Lords], 2nd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Miss Ann Widdecombe in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Eligibility for travel concessions: age (36 speeches)
    Before I call the Minister, may I remind all members of the Committee to switch off their mobile phones and pagers; I take a dim view of anything that goes ring in the night.
  • Clause 2 - Commencement and transitional provision (6 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 3 - Short title, interpretation and extent (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 1, in page 2, line 22, leave out subsection (4). The amendment removes the standard provision inserted by the Lords to avoid questions of privilege. Amendment...
  • New Clause 3 - Scheduled train and ferry services etc. (no. 2) (26 speeches)
    `.—(1) The Secretary of State shall, within twelve months of this Act taking effect, bring forward regulations to provide that elderly persons who travel as foot passengers on train, ferry...
  • New Clause 6 - Extension of concessionary fares to persons18 or younger (greater london) (26 speeches)
    `. The appropriate Minister shall consult the Association of London Government and the Greater London Authority over the possibilities of extending the concessionary schemes to people aged 18...