This is the history for the submission "Motion by Councillor Angus Millar:- "Council welcomes the recent commitment by First Minister John Swinney that the Scottish Government will bring Scotland’s bus network back into public control, through franchising and regulation, by the end of the current parliamentary term. Council notes that at the most recent Glasgow City Council elections in 2022, 83 out of 85 councillors elected stood on manifesto commitments supporting the exploration of bus franchising for Glasgow. Council recalls its subsequent approval of the 2022 Bus Governance Route Map, which formally adopted this position as Council policy. Council believes that franchising presents significant opportunities to improve bus services in the city - for example through tackling network gaps to connect more parts of Glasgow, addressing frequency issues, and ensuring greater affordability. Council further believes that this can build on existing progress to date, including the extension of concessionary travel to more people across Scotland and the recent roll-out of the £2 fare cap across Greater Glasgow. Council welcomes the ongoing work being undertaken by SPT as part of its Regional Bus Strategy to advance a Franchising Assessment and framework for Glasgow and the wider Region. Council calls on the Scottish Government to support this process as a priority and to set out an accelerated pathway with financial support to enable franchising in Greater Glasgow to be taken forward as an early deliverable of its national rollout. Council further welcomes ongoing partnership working via the Glasgow City Region Bus Partnership to take forward improvements to bus services, and recognises the vital role of bus operators in securing a successful bus network for Glasgow. Council notes that bus operators will be integral to any franchising system and to delivering on set aims and outcomes. Council further supports the exploration of a publicly run bus operator as part of a future franchising system, but notes that any municipal or regional operator would require significant business case development and national financial support. Council therefore requests that the City Convener for Climate, Transport and City Centre Recovery write to the Scottish Government to confirm Glasgow’s support for franchising and to commit the Council to work with the Scottish Government to deliver improvements for Glasgow’s buses"".

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