Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] — Report (2nd Day) — Amendment 60 — 2 Apr 2025 at 19:00
Moved by Baroness Pidgeon (LD)
60: After Clause 30, insert the following new Clause-“£2 bus fare scheme(1) The Secretary of State must establish a scheme to cap the fare for a single bus journey at £2.(2) Bus operators in England, including private companies, franchisees, and local authorities, may opt into the scheme.(3) Service operators under this scheme may receive preferential consideration for the allocation of financial grants under section 19 of this Act.(4) The Secretary of State may review the terms of the scheme every three years from the day on which this Act is passed and amend it through regulations made by statutory instrument.(5) A statutory instrument under this section may not be made unless a draft has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.”Member's explanatory statementThis amendment requires the Secretary of State to introduce a scheme capping single bus fares at £2, alongside the existing £3 scheme. The scheme will be subject to periodic review.
Ayes 59, Noes 148.
Party Summary
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.| Party | Majority (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
| Con | 2 | 2 | 1.3% |
| Crossbench | 11 | 2 | 7.6% |
| Green | 0 | 1 | 50.0% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 105 (+2 tell) | 0 | 59.1% |
| LDem | 0 | 49 (+2 tell) | 63.0% |
| Non-affiliated | 3 | 1 | 8.0% |
| Total: | 122 | 55 | 23.1% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by party
Lords for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible lord who could have voted in this division
| Name | Party | Vote |
| Lord Alton of Liverpool | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Baroness Falkner of Margravine | Crossbench | aye |
| Baroness Fox of Buckley | Non-affiliated | aye |