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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 13 October 2025

Debate

Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]

Contribution

20: Clause 33, page 35, line 33, at end insert— “29AA Application of section 29A duty: services in Wales (1) Section 29A (duty to check barring information) applies in relation to a school service that takes up or sets down passengers at one or more points in Wales only if regulations made by the Secretary of State so provide. (2) But the regulations may not provide for that section to apply in relation to— (a) a service for the carriage of passengers by road at separate fares— (i) that is provided in fulfilment of a duty imposed on the Welsh Ministers by an Act of Senedd Cymru, or (ii) to the extent that it is provided in Wales under a permit granted by the Welsh Ministers under an Act of Senedd Cymru, or (b) a service that is provided under arrangements made by a body to which the duty in section 15(1) of the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008 applies (duty of local authorities and governing bodies to have regard to guidance given by Welsh Ministers).”

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