North East Buses

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gover...g-scrapped

It's been a long time since this was proposed and it appears to have evolved with the times but this is a positive step.

For those interested, the Bus Services (No. 2) Bill has made it to Committee stage in the Commons: https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3910


It can be quite hard to follow at this stage, as it's quite technical in the line-by-line scrutiny, but you can watch the sessions live:

• Tue 24th 09.25 - https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Inde...137ae08013
  
• Thu 26th - 11.30 - https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Inde...eaab4f9bab
  
• Thu 26th - 14.00 - https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Inde...086f6e0044
  

You can view the amendments they're debating here: https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3910/s...amendments