Committees

Health of the bus market inquiry

Inquiry






The Committee is particularly interested to receive evidence on:

  • the effectiveness and ambition of the Department for Transport’s policies on buses;
  • factors affecting bus use, including the reliability of the bus service, congestion and the ways bus companies are dealing with congestion, and the effectiveness of bus priority measures;
  • the provision of services to isolated communities in rural and urban areas, and the reliance of particular communities and groups of people on bus services;
  • the viability and long-term sustainability of bus services, including the effectiveness of funding, fare structures and public grants; 
  • regulations affecting the provision of bus services and the adequacy of guidance to operators and local authorities.

Work news

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Chair reacts to Department for Transport announcement of a long-term bus strategy
Transport Committee Chair comments on Department for Transport announcement
30 September 2019
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Committee Chair responds to Bus Users UK report
Publication follows Committee's own report highlighting the decline in bus use
12 June 2019
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Government must set out bus strategy to halt decline in bus use
Transport Committee publish report on the health of the bus market
22 May 2019
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Publication: Committee's Report on Health of the bus market
Transport Committee publishes its report on the health of the bus market
20 May 2019
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Department for Transport questioned on bus policies
Committee evidence session on health of the bus market
13 February 2019
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Committee question experts on health of the bus market
Transport Committee investigate how spending cuts have affected local authority budgets
30 January 2019
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 Transport Committee visits Liverpool to hear about health of bus services
Members of the Houses of Commons Transport Committee are to visit Liverpool to hear about bus services in the area.
14 January 2019
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Committee takes evidence on health of the bus market
The Committee aims to explore the issues facing people who work on buses, and their employers
26 November 2018
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Health of the bus market
Passengers, academics and experts face questions on the status of busses and the bus market
30 October 2018
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Bus market inquiry launched
Transport Committee launches inquiry into decline of bus service use in England
16 July 2018
Total results 10 (page 1 of 1)

Contact us

Please note: The Transport Committee examines policy issues relating to the Department for Transport and its associated bodies. It is unable to investigate, or adjudicate on, individual cases.

  • Email: transcom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 2226/ Text relay: 18001 020 2226 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 8895 (media enquiries)
  • Address: Transport Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA/ Twitter: @TransportCttee