CROSS BORDER CONCESSIONARY TRAVEL SCHEME IN YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER

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That this House welcomes the 2005 Budget commitment to provide funding from April 2006 to every local authority enabling free off-peak local area bus travel for the disabled and those aged over 60 years; notes that concessionary travel is invaluable to residents of Harrogate and Knaresborough; further notes that vital facilities such as acute hospitals are often based in different local authority areas; and calls upon the Government to bring about measures to allow for cross-border travel to adjacent authorities across the Yorkshire and Humber Region to ensure that elderly and disabled people can derive maximum benefit from the new scheme.