Mr. Hugh Creegan:

We will take some of those questions. We have heard before about the problems caused by the rules for designating a stop. The responsibility for designating stopping places at the roadside rests with the local authority. We understand they have taken a conservative view in many places and are not allowing buses to stop at historic stopping points. We have decided to produce some guidance and send it to the local authorities and this might allow them to take some comfort from that guidance and go a little further than an individual on his own might be prepared to go.