Scottish Parliament – Nov. 12, 2025 – 4

S6M-19632.2: As an amendment to motion S6M-19632 in the name of Mark Ruskell (Better Bus Services), leave out from "further agrees" to end and insert "recognises that competition is essential to keeping bus fares fair and reasonable;

calls on the Scottish Government to enhance the reliability and punctuality of bus services through the greater interlinking of timetables and integrated ticketing across bus and rail providers;

agrees that good road surfaces are essential to improve bus services;

notes that communities across Scotland, but particularly in rural areas, struggle to access bus services, and urges the Scottish Government to take action to make buses safer and to expedite the process to remove bus passes from passengers who commit antisocial behaviour."

Original motion(S6M-19632): That the Parliament agrees that communities across Scotland deserve affordable, accessible and reliable bus services;

further agrees that more bus services across Scotland should be run in the public interest to improve services and reduce fares for all passengers;

celebrates that 250 million bus journeys have been taken by young people in Scotland since the introduction of free bus travel for under-22s, and calls on the Scottish Government to expand free bus travel to more young people.