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« Reply #45 on: April 05, 2017, 22:34:00 »

The Lords will consider the Commons amendments after the Easter recess on Wednesday 26 April.
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« Reply #46 on: April 06, 2017, 06:49:44 »

Thank you so much for all the updates, appreciated.
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« Reply #47 on: April 25, 2017, 23:40:42 »

The Commons Amendments have now been considered (a day earlier than originally planned due to Thursday's prorogation).  Members of the opposition expressed some regret over the changes made by the Commons but in the end they were all agreed to unopposed.  The Bill has now passed all parliamentary stages and awaits Royal Assent.
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« Reply #48 on: April 27, 2017, 17:33:31 »

La Reyne le veult.  Royal Assent has just been announced at the prorogation ceremony and so the Bill is now the Bus Services Act 2017.
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« Reply #49 on: April 27, 2017, 18:10:03 »

La Reyne le veult.  Royal Assent has just been announced at the prorogation ceremony and so the Bill is now the Bus Services Act 2017.

Excellent ... let's now see if we can get adjustments after some of the "sillies" this weekend to reflect a co-operative partnership across networks between operators.   We could do with the aggressive competition between operators turned into an aggressive competition to persuade passengers to public transport.
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« Reply #50 on: April 27, 2017, 23:27:40 »

La Reyne le veult.  Royal Assent has just been announced at the prorogation ceremony and so the Bill is now the Bus Services Act 2017.

With thanks for your latest update here, Zoë, I've now amended this topic's heading accordingly - purely in the interests of clarity for our no doubt ongoing discussions.  Smiley

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« Reply #51 on: April 28, 2017, 08:32:29 »

La Reyne le veult.

Eh? We're still in the EU» (European Union - about) I know. Translation please!
P.S Many thanks for the updates, all greatly appreciated.
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« Reply #52 on: April 28, 2017, 08:44:06 »

La Reyne le veult.

Eh? We're still in the EU» (European Union - about) I know. Translation please!
P.S Many thanks for the updates, all greatly appreciated.

This is an English* tradition pre-dates the EU by several centuries. It dates from a time when the kings of England spoke (Medieval) Norman French. The assent of the Queen to an a Bill and it becoming an Act of Parliament. It means the Queen wills it. 


* Word chosen carefully as this was in the time of the old English Parliament before the terms Great Britain or United Kingdom were used. 
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« Reply #53 on: April 28, 2017, 14:34:22 »

From the DfT» (Department for Transport - about)

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Bus Services Bill Update

The Bill has now received Royal Assent and will be known as the Bus Services Act 2017.

The House of Lords agreed to amendments made in the House of Commons. The final Act includes:
* Automatic access to franchising powers for Mayoral Combined Authorities, with other authorities having access on a case-by-case basis.
* New powers to encourage partnership working between local authorities and bus operators.
* A section which will require bus operators to provide audio and visual information, such as next stop announcements, on buses in Great Britain.
* Open data powers to provide increased information to bus passengers.
* A restriction on local authorities setting up their own bus companies.

Secondary Legislation

The consultation on secondary legislation and guidance closed on 21st March. We are currently reviewing the responses and will provide our response after the General Election.

In the meantime, any comments should be sent to: Busbillconsultation@dft.gsi.gov.uk
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