Member

Amendment 56 would require relevant authorities to publish a report on the state of accessibility standards of bus services within each authority’s geographical boundaries and state whether they are satisfactory or unsatisfactory. That is important because there is so little data on accessibility of bus services. If authorities were required to write a report on accessibility standards —guess what—data might actually be collected. It also gives bus companies a clear picture of what they need to do. This is stronger than Amendment 11, proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, which asks only for franchising authorities to evaluate incumbent operators’ past performance on accessibility before granting a direct award.