1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228 
Don't pass buck': MP
Page 71
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
• The Government was last week urged to give the go-ahead to local authorities wishing to introduce concessionary bus fares for elderly people.
The legislation was there to be used, but it appeared to be a case of passing the buck every time, said Mr. Ron Lewis (Labour, Carlisle) during a debate in the Commons.
In some parts of the country elderly people were catered for because transport in those areas was under the control of the local authorities. Yet this service was denied in many other areas, although fares were increasing yearly.
Mr. Lewis recalled that the 1968 Transport Act made provision whereby, in consultation with the Minister, local authorities would have powers to introduce concessionary fares for their older citizens. At the moment, he said, it appeared that only those authorities which owned and controlled their own transport could offer this facility.
Mr. Lewis said that when he raised the matter of concessionary fares with Carlisle City Council he was told that it had been decided to defer taking any action until such time as an Order under Section 138 of the Act, prescribing the method of calculating the cost to the local authority of providing such a concession was made.
He had heard from the Minister that day that there would be consultations, went on