Clause 1 - Eligibility for travel concessions: age
Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Bill [Lords]
11:00 am
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury, Conservative)
My hon. Friend refers to extra costs. Does he agree that to some extent the situation in his constituency and mine will be open ended because of the extra concessions that local authorities will be allowed to provide, which will be discretionary. If they do not provide those extra concessions in our areas—they cannot provide help when there are no bus services—will not the cost be open ended and does that not reinforce the need for the amendment?