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All across the Great Western territory => Buses and other ways to travel => Topic started by: Lee on January 15, 2008, 13:07:35



Title: MP Says Rural Cornish Students Being Penalised
Post by: Lee on January 15, 2008, 13:07:35
Students in rural areas are being penalised to travel to college, an MP warned last night (link below.)
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144125&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232450&contentPK=19553449&folderPk=108202&pNodeId=251466

Colin Breed, Liberal Democrat MP for South East Cornwall, was due to use a Commons debate to warn that local colleges are being forced to dip into education funds to pay for transport.

Mr Breed said:

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"The Government wants all teenagers to have access to good education, but the time and effort some rural students take simply to get to school puts many Cornish students at a distinct disadvantage."

"It is patently unfair that a Cornish teenager can expect to pay around ^5 a day for the privilege of a two-hour, multiple-bus ride to school, whereas a similar student in London benefits from free and readily available public transport. The public transport infrastructure in Cornwall has seen chronic under-investment since privatisation."

"Unless the Government channels more money to the region, this is only going to get worse."



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