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Motion · S6M-00900 · 17 Aug 2021

Our Climate Our Buses Campaign

Lodged by Monica Lennon (Scottish Labour) Members' Business Motion 20 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes the new campaign, Our Climate, Our Buses, led by the STUC; notes the view that, ahead of COP26, everyone needs to take action to reduce transport emissions, in light of them reportedly being Scotland’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions; understands with concern that, since a previous UK Conservative administration deregulated buses, passenger journeys have fallen from 644 million in 1987 to 366 million in 2020; further understands that Scotland’s only municipal bus company, Lothian Buses, has bucked this trend; notes that the campaign, Our Climate, Our Buses, is calling for an extension of municipal bus ownership across Scotland, and has gained the support of unions such as Unite the Union, which represents bus workers, as well as trades councils across Scotland, the Poverty Alliance, Friends of the Earth Scotland, Engender, Common Weal, Get Glasgow Moving, the International Transport Workers' Federation, One Parent Families Scotland, and the Young Women’s Movement, and notes the calls on the Scottish Government to provide financial support for local authorities, including those in the Central Scotland region, to establish publicly-owned bus companies and take back control of their bus networks.

Supporters (20)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.