Meeting of the Parliament 12 February 2026 [Draft]
The draft code that will enable the decisions that Mr Findlay is talking about to be made was shared with the parliamentary committee that will scrutinise these issues on 28 January. The statutory instrument is due to be debated at the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee’s meeting next Tuesday, 17 February. The steps to take forward the programme for government commitment that I made to remove free bus travel from any person, of any age, who does not act responsibly will be put to the committee on 17 February. The committee is free to take its own decisions, but I encourage it to take the decision to put that into practice.
As I said in my first answer, the individual who was convicted of the crime in relation to Mr Rollinson will have his parole determined at a future hearing of the Parole Board. I therefore cannot give a definitive answer on the question about the timescale, because I do not know what decision the Parole Board will take.