Clause 13
Local Transport Bill [Lords]
3:00 pm
Stephen Hammond (Shadow Minister, Transport; Wimbledon, Conservative)
I am delighted to talk about the objective facts. The hon. Gentleman’s argument is undermined by the other area in the United Kingdom that was wholly deregulated, which is Belfast. After the Good Friday agreement, Belfast had 21.4 million passenger miles being travelled. It has been wholly regulated, as the hon. Gentleman suggests, and is now in steep decline.