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6th March 1982, Page 12
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PUTTING certain bus routes Scotland out to tender wot inevitably mean that son would attract private inve ment, leaving the Scottish B Group with the uneconon ones, warned a Social Democi peer last week.

Speaking during a House Lords debate on Scotland, Lo Taylor of Gryfe warned that SE would have to carry the burd of uneconomic services, a there would be a danger profitable services being hiv off.

For school contract bus si vices in the Highlands, prefi enca should be given operators like SBG, whi operated an entire syster rather than simply givir contracts to the lowest tend' continued Lord Taylor.

He complimented the Groi on the steps it had taken with tl Post Office in setting up the pc bus service. In the Hightail there were now 126 such routs This had been encouraged by new bus grant, which runs out 1984. Lord Taylor said he wou like Government comment ( the consequences for the grow of this very economic and se sible service when the grant w withdrawn.

Lady Saltoun noted that North-East Scotland, Alexand (Northern), which has a virtu monopoly of the bus servics had suddenly announced ne timetables to rationalise the SE vice.

This meant that the mo profitable routes were going have faster services at the e pense of the less profitab country routes. At a fortnight notice people in rural areas we faced with bus service cut some of them total.

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Organisations: Post Office
People: Lo Taylor, Saltoun

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