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:


Rt. Hon. David Blunkett MP (Chairman)

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.


John Burch
John Burch

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

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.


Councillor Lt Col Tex Pemberton OBE
Councillor Lt Col Tex Pemberton OBE

Conservative Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport with West Sussex County Council.


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Picture of American style school buses