Andrew Rosindell M.P. has been mentioned in the Daily Record following his written parliamentary question to the Transport Department on the implentation of a national bus pass.
Good to be mentioned in @Daily_Record following my question to the Secretary of State for Transport about assessing the potential merits of introducing a ‘national freedom pass’ for pensioners to utilise public transport across the United Kingdom.
Andrew has long stated that TfL's services go far beyond the boundries of 'Greater London,' which begs the question as to whether, if Havering left the G.L.A., would freedom passes be affected?
According to the Daily Record,
More than 9,700 people have signed an online petition calling for the concessionary bus pass for people of State Pension age to be extended to cover travel across all parts of the UK. Petition creator, Charles David Smith, argues that giving older people the option to travel for free across Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland would “enhance their lives”.
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It emerged recently that it could be possible to allow people with a concessionary bus pass to travel throughout the UK - in the future. However, Minister for Roads and Local Transport Guy Opperman MP said that there are no present plans to “introduce such an arrangement”.
His comments came after Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell asked the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Department has “made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a ‘national freedom pass’ for pensioners to utilise public transport across the United Kingdom”.
In a written response, Opperman said that “concessionary travel is a devolved policy area so the administrative arrangements in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland differ from those in England”.
The article can be read in full here.
