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Amend the Bus Services Act 2017 to allow public ownership of bus companies

Submitted by Andrew Dyer on Tuesday 14th September 2021

Published on Thursday 23rd September 2021

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 23rd March 2022

Signatures: 500

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Buses ~ Companies ~ Embrace ~ environment

Petition Action

Amend the Bus Services Act 2017 to allow public ownership of bus companies

Petition Details

We would like the Government to revoke section 22 of the Bus Services Act 2017, which forbids any local transport authority from forming a new municipal bus company.

Additional Information

We firmly believe that by allowing local authorities to take control of local passenger services it will vastly improve services for the public.
We believe that private companies have put profit ahead of running a reliable service and more and more rural areas are losing services that are vital to the community because of this, moving to public ownership can change this.
Public ownership could also help the environment as private companies are sometimes reluctant to embrace cleaner buses unless financially motivated to do so.


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