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News Release 23rd September 2008COMMENT ON SCHOOL BUS SERVICE FROM ALREWAS TO BARTON UNDER NEEDWOODCommenting on Staffordshire County Council's decision to restore the school bus service for children in Alrewas attending John Taylor High School in Barton under Needwood, Michael Fabricant (MP for Lichfield) says: "People power has won out again against the faceless bureaucrats in Stafford who made the foolish and dangerous decision to cancel the bus service and force school children to walk along the busy A38 trunk road. "I am delighted that the decision has been reversed and that children's lives will now not be put in danger. But I feel sorry for parents who have been very worried over the last few months over the decision to cancel the bus. It's a shame that the ruling was made in the first place and I hope that there will be an inquest at County Hall into how and why this decision was initially made. I had warned the County on several occasions that they have a duty of care to their school children and that the decision to stop the bus and endanger lives as a consequence could impose major legal liability on the County, its senior officers and the responsible councillors - let alone moral responsibility." At the next General Election, there will be a Parliamentary Boundary change and Barton under Needwood will be moved from the Burton to the Lichfield Parliamentary constituency. Alrewas is already in the Lichfield Parliamentary Constituency. |
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