An absolute travesty, especially as so many private companies are unable to provide efficient services

The Tories are rigging the 'free' market for their corporate friends.

This Tory government is totally anti-democratic and unpatriotic. It stops local British authorities owning bus companies but allows foreign state-owned companies to buy into our public services. Is there any wonder that our transport fares are the most expensive in Europe?

Who needs TTIP when you have an extreme right government. Labour no doubt have supported the tories on this, as per usual. All in it together, all with shares in private healthcare, transport etc. It's called corruption.

Another utterly shameful and cynical mistake by the Tories--who fail to recognize the simple fact that public goods such as public transport should be publicly owned and accountable to the public. Instead, we are treated as profit opportunities for the already-rich.

I am sorry to say that I regard the Conservative Party as REDUNDANT because, being the Party for business, trade and enterprise, owing to the Civil War inside its Party between those Conservative MPs who understand international trade and the wealth it brings into our economy and those Conservative Brexit MPs who don't understand it, plus Cameron's disastrous EU Referendum which must be the biggest political blunder of the century, the Conservative Government is quite likely to lose us the largest international trading market in the world provided by the European Union. If the Prime Minister goes into the negotiations with the EU to trade with its international trading market saying she does not want EU traders and workers coming into the UK, that is likely to be a stumbling block. In the EU, traders and workers are allowed to choose where to make their living. It is impossible to expect the EU to agree to limitations on free movement of traders and workers because, in World War 2, some EU nations did tell Europeans where to go for work, trade or some other thing with disastrous consequences. So they will not be able to agree to tell the EU traders and workforce that they cannot go to the united Kingdom. Therefore, the Conservative Party for trade, business and enterprise is REDUNDANT because it will lose us the largest international trading market in the world. The EU by negotiating trade deals all around the world has brought many £billions' worth of trade and wealth into our economy. Even if the Brexit Campaign wanted to trade with the rest of the world, it makes no sense at all for them to dump the wealth-creating European Union. A Political Party which, by being obstructive, neglectful or unhelpful in negotiations, loses international trading markets will be doomed for impoverishing our country. In addition, the Brexit Campaign offered us no policies at all for making the UK wealthier than it has been within the EU so as far as I am concerned there is no contest: we are being asked to be idiots by leaving the European Union. Resist the Tories' resistance to international trade. Vote for some other Party like the Liberal Democrats or the Greens which wish to remain in the European Union. Teach the Labour Party about how to do international trade and, if you succeed in doing that, it is safe to vote Labour. That will get our public buses back. When the Secretary of State Duncan Smith told the unemployed to get the bus to the job interview, I had to tell him that most places in the UK have no bus service, small towns have two hourly buses between 09.00 and 17.00 preventing one from getting to work early or working late, and it is only large cities which have anything resembling a comprehensive bus service and that is because the Local Authority subsides essential routes to keep the shops and businesses open. In most places, minicabs do most of the work for the school run or the shopping or work. The Conservative Government is nothing but an absolute disgrace and voting for them will impoverish us.

The Mafia wins again !

A further comment. The Tories have made a complete mess of our railways with firms that should never be allowed near a railway running prime rail services. The bus companies have mucked up the railways, now they have a free hand to further damage our buses.

Blind ideology is a very difficult thing to dislodge but well done everyone for what has been done so far. Do not despair. Even this lot of bigots can't last forever.....can they?

I voted for brexit to get us out of the undemocratic, unaccountable gravey train that is the EU, and I would again vote for the same as I am not swayed by the offers of baubles, bangles and beads by remaining.

I also voted for UKIP, which I may do again in order to get the proportional representation in their manifesto which is about time the UK had such a voting system also to get rid of the House of Lords as a simple drain on the countries finances, if need be replace it with something better.

So much for a democratically run country for people to improve an innervate and find new way of making the ALL IN IT TOGETHER people get there best deal that they can. The I'M ALRIGHT JACKS will always protect the shares in everything, like the Private hospitals, private medical insurance company's and OF COURSE the Arms manufacturing company's.

What's wrong with the Tories? They lack imagination, talent and have a poor record on the environment, public services and democracy.The vote for the Tories was under 40% in the last General Election.. Do you still want a Tory dictatorship? Vote for electoral reform.

If people in this country don't want to lose ALL PUBLIC SERVICES INC NHS only way is to vote LABOUR - For a Socialist govt that will renationalise transport, energy etc and properly fund our NHS.

I'm gutted that clause 21 head failed to be removed.

However, there is a bigger picture. There will now be more local control over buses - a return to some regulation - if this article is correct: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/bus-services-bill-changes-explained-12956409