The bus services in this area, Frome Somerset, have over time become increasingly fragmented.My son lives in Wells. Buses from Wells to Frome are almost nonexistent especially at weekends.On Sundays no buses at all. During the week there are about three buses a day. Non in the evenings. People living in villages also suffer from very poor services.

The proposal to ban local authorities from running bus companies flies in the face of reason. Public transport of all kinds reduces pollution, cuts down traffic congestion and provides affordable transport for all who either cannot afford to finance car ownership or who who have made the forward-thinking and public-pirated decision to choose other transport options than the car. The government's plan to 'gift' these public services into the hands of profit-makers is deeply suspicious, quite apart from flying in the face of logic. As we are seeing with the endless troubles with the Brighton/London train line, re-nationalisation has to be the answer for the railways as well.

What is the the purpose of public transport, if not to serve the public and by those who are answerable to the public.. If there is no reasoned augument for this local authority restriction, then the sole aim of clause 21, of the 'Bus Services Bill' is ideological and there only to satisfy a particular and one sided interest group and their lobbyists.

This is undemoctatic and not in the public interest.

It must not become a charter for neoliberalism.

Eight miles from town center, appalling service from stagecoach, no buses after 10 ands if there are two people it's cheaper by taxi. Replace profit based service with people based services

We own the Buses & Trains that run in this Country. It was our Money that formed the likes of Doncaster Transport and British Railway. We want it back, right now through Privatisation we have the worst run Bus Services and Train Service that is that expensive we cannot afford to use our Transport Service. Buses and Trains are cancelled at any time they feel fit. It's time they was all fetched Back into our hands. Not run so the Shareholders can make vast amounts of Money. Put an end to all Privatisation. It has been proved that by taking these back into our hands we get a better Service plus the Service does make money. But the Conservatives still privatise the Service to the highest bidder. End all Privatisation now. We the Tax Payers own these Services and should not have been but into the Private Sector. Let our own local Authorities run these Services again not companies like First Mainline and Virgin Railway and Trans Pennine and the rest. Bring Back Doncaster Transport and British Railway. Let's stop these Shareholders they are holding us for Ransom. Some of these People do not even pay tax to our Country. End this Fraud Know.

Michael Newton.

I wonder if in an era of increasing, perhaps unquestioning privatisation and the focus on maximising financial gain, whether we should be doing the reverse and seeking opportunities for community owned enterprises with the focus on community well being (backed by financial viability)

I don't quite understand why the conservative party does not want this to happen. I can't see what they have to gain by not allowing it. By the way, my MP, Dave Anderson, did attend.

My MP Lilian Greenwood attended the debate. She knows how good Nottingham City Transport is

This bill is big government telling local decision makers what they can and cannot and conflicts with devolution policies which are being

promoted.

MP Keir Starmer was missing