My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Transport (Sadiq Khan) has made the following Ministerial Statement.

The Local Transport Act 2008 enables the Secretary of State to confer additional functions, through secondary legislation, on the Rail Passengers’ Council, the statutory rail passenger watchdog known as Passenger Focus, in relation to buses, coaches and trams.

The Government are announcing that the Passengers' Council (Non-Railways Functions) Order 2010 comes into force today. The Order extends the council's remit so as to give bus, coach and tram passengers in England outside London statutory representation for the first time. It also changes the statutory name of the Rail Passengers’ Council to the Passengers’ Council, although it will continue to be known as Passenger Focus.