My noble friend mentioned the special skills of local authorities, which certainly exist. But, with respect, they do not have any franchising skills because that is not the way we operate bus services at present. Does she agree that setting up franchising in a big-city area would be an expensive and bureaucratic process? I have no idea how many people it would take, but it could not be done by one person or even a small department, could it?
Bus Services Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Snape
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 4 July 2016.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Bus Services Bill [HL].
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