§ 33. Mr. Stottasked the Secretary of State for Transport what other countries have implemented a system of bus deregulation similar to that proposed in the buses White Paper.
§ Mr. David MitchellSeveral countries successfully allow substantial competition between bus operators, and some developed countries have recently liberated their licensing systems to a considerable degree. As far as I am aware, no country has abolished quantity regulation of local bus services in the precise way we propose.