I have a message for John Taylor who is organising the advice for the community transport fight back (routeone/Big Story/6 September).
John, you quote that there has been a “reinterpretation of term non-commercial”, but it was you and others who have played around with the interpretation to suit your own means.
You state that a legal opinion should be sought, but how many legal opinions do you need? Or are you going to keep going until you find one barrister you are able to convince that you have some content in what you are preaching?
Why not let community transport operators (CTOs) do their work as was intended – to help move the isolated and vulnerable, but let the market decide who or what services these are?
If you carry on the course of action you sound intent on, you will only damage the pure fabric of what Section 19 was originally brought out for.
I think the Community Transport Association and CTOs would be best served if you were to put them back on the track you took them from – let the playing field become level again.
Tony Hill, London
