To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement concerning access for disabled people to public transport. [78839]

The Government are committed to comprehensive civil rights for disabled people. Accessible public transport, within the framework of our integrated transport policy, is fundamentally important to delivering that commitment.We are using powers in Part V of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 to make "accessibility regulations" to require new trains, trams, buses, coaches and taxis to be accessible to disabled people, including those who travel in a wheelchair.