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Free Public Transport (Under-18s) (PE1107)

Tuesday 4 November 2008 Public Petitions Committee Petitions 1 contribution · 1 speaker

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Frank McAveety Lab The Convener · Glasgow Shettleston
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PE1107, from Robin Falconer, on behalf of Highland Youth Voice, calls on the Parliament to urge the Government to reduce public transport fares for all under-18-year-olds who are in full-time education and to provide for young people with no income to travel free or to pay only half the adult fare. It is recommended that we either close the petition or suspend consideration of it until the concessionary travel scheme has been reviewed. I am minded to support the latter option. To be blunt, political parties might address the issue in considering potential manifesto commitments for 2011 and people might campaign to persuade political parties to make such a commitment. I note with interest that one or two people have taken that up. The issue will not go away, so we should at least keep the petition alive.I recommend revisiting the petition. We will explain to the petitioner that we have suspended consideration while we await the Government's review.

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