Julian Sturdy
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(12 years, 7 months ago)
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Brandon Lewis
My hon. Friend is right, particularly in relation to overwhelming desire from local residents to see a service continue. We need to be more flexible.
Julian Sturdy (York Outer) (Con)
I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing what is undoubtedly an important debate. Following on from that point, in the past local authorities put in seed funding to get rural transport services and rural bus services up and running. If they were successful they carried on, on a commercial level. We must give local authorities extra powers to put some of the money from a flat fee back into the service and, working with the community, to ensure full access to services. It is down to local authorities to work with the community, but they need the power to be able to do so.