Who are the members of the Yellow School Bus Commission?
The Commission members provide expertise from the public transport, local authority and government sectors. They are:
Labour Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside. Former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Former Home Secretary and former Secretary of State for Education and Employment.
Deputy Director of Operations at the Confederation of Passenger Transport UK (CPT) representing the bus and coach industry. He sits on the CPT School Transport Committee and the Department for Transport's School Transport Experts Panel.
Garth Goddard, recently retired Programme Director for the North West Centre for Excellence national transport efficiency project, for 8 years Head of Cheshire County Council's Transport Coordination Service and former advisor to the Shires' Public Transport Consortium.
Green Party representative for the Glasgow Region since 2003 and Convener of the Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee of the Scottish Parliament. Patrick is also a member and supporter of a wide range of organisations including Friends of the Earth and the Equality Network.
Conservative Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport with West Sussex County Council.
Liberal Democrat front bench spokesperson for the Department of Communities and Local Government and former member of the Commission for Integrated Transport. She was Chair of the Local Government Association's Transport Committee.
