Clause 19
Local Transport Bill [Lords]
11:00 am
Norman Baker (Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Transport; Lewes, Liberal Democrat)
I am grateful for that intervention, which clarifies matters a little, but the question I put to the hon. Gentleman when he was summing up on Second Reading was, “What happens if partnerships are ineffective?” There are effective partnerships up and down the country—he has referred to some, I have referred to some and we all know where they are; Brighton and Hove, Cambridge and so on—but the question the Conservatives have not answered is, what happens where partnerships are ineffective and what recourse is there, or should we just leave that to fester, with poor service for many people across the country?