Petitioner: Pat Rafferty on behalf of Unite Scotland
Status:
Closed
Date Lodged:
20 December 2016
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to legislate to regulate bus services in Scotland and to carry out an inquiry into the benefits of bringing bus services in Scotland into common ownership.
This petition has now been referred to the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee. You can view any further updates on this petition on the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee's webpage
Summary:
19 January 2017: The Committee took evidence from David Eyre, Scotland Media & Communications Officer, Unite the Union, and Ian Taylor, Director, Transport for Quality of Life. The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government, COSLA, Regional Transport Partnerships, the Bus Stakeholder Group, the Association of Transport Coordinating Officers, the Confederation of Passenger Transport Scotland, Bus Users Scotland and the Scottish Association for Public Transport. The Committee also agreed to ask SPICe to prepare a paper providing an update on progress of the Bus Services Bill at Westminster. Link to Official Report 19 January 2017
27 April 2017: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government. Link to the Official Report
29 June 2017: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government. Link to Official Report 29 June 2017.
21 December 2017: The Committee agreed to invite the petitioner to submit a response to the two most recent submissions from the Scottish Government. Link to Official Report 21 December 2017
26 April 2018: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government and to take evidence in a roundtable format at a future meeting. Link to the Official Report 26 April 2018
21 March 2019: The Committee agreed to refer the petition to the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee for consideration at Stage 2 of that committee’s scrutiny of the Transport (Scotland) Bill. Link to Official Report 21 March 2019
Written Submissions:
We want buses in Scotland to be regulated again, so that local people - through their councils - can regain control over their bus services.
The UK government is putting a bill through Westminster that will give powers to local authorities in England to regulate buses. But the Scottish Goverrnment still stands against bus regulation. We think that's wrong.
Would you like to have control over your local bus services? Have you had problems with bus services in your area?