CLIMATE CHANGE AND CONCESSIONARY TRAVEL SCHEMES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

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That this House welcomes the Government's concessionary travel scheme for the over 60s and disabled passengers; notes the potential of the scheme to increase the use of public transport, improve accessibility and reduce social exclusion; further welcomes the campaign launched by the Chair of the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority for a similar scheme for young people; believes that the scheme should initially provide for a maximum 50p fare and ultimately be extended to offer free travel; further believes that such a scheme would deliver significant long-term benefits in respect of road safety and social mobility together with reduced traffic congestion and carbon dioxide emissions; and calls on the Government to develop such a national scheme of concessionary travel for under 21s participating in approved education and training programmes, in the context of its future programme of action on climate change.