Clause 2 - Commencement and transitional provision
Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Bill [Lords]
5:45 pm
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold, Conservative)
I am not sure what the Government's intentions are. Perhaps the Minister will clarify that, because he has touched on the point that I raised on Second Reading and in the Committee this morning about whether the Government expect to have the Bill on the statute book by 31 December 2001 so that Transport for London can start to operate a revised scheme at the beginning of the next financial year in April 2002. I would be grateful if the Minister were to clarify that matter because it is important for Londoners and for Transport for London, which has the unenviable task of trying to make the scheme work.