They will be important to local authorities. My Lords, our view is, first, that it is impossible to quantify the costs that a local authority may take on when it considers safety in the provision of transport for its pupils.
Circumstances vary dramatically between areas and schools.
We have deliberately introduced considerable flexibility into the amendments so that the widely diverse circumstances can be taken into account by each school, police force and the parents who will be involved in such situations. The essential point is that any good local authority will, as a matter of good practice, already take into account the safety of pupils when deciding whether to offer transport. Therefore, for the authority there is no additional cost. My Lords, I thank the Minister for his explanation which I will read in Hansard. It is rather late in the day to believe that anything else can be done with the Bill, so I beg leave to withdraw the Motion.