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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 2 April 2025

Debate

Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]

Contribution

63: The Schedule, page 38, line 15, at end insert— “(da) such persons with disabilities (within the meaning given by section 6 of the Equality Act 2010) who are users or prospective users of local services, or such organisations appearing to the authority or authorities to be representative of such persons, as they think fit;”Member’s explanatory statement This amendment requires a franchising authority to consult disabled persons, or organisations representative of disabled persons, before varying (without adding to) the area to which the franchising scheme relates.

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