"Neil Williams" wrote in message
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On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:27:46 +0100, Peter Beale
wrote:

How sensible it would be to make those concessions reciprocal, so that
English passes could be used in Wales and Scotland and vice-versa.

Particularly if you live near the border of one of the countries.

I never quite worked out why the responsibility for these schemes had
to be devolved.

because "they" wanted it to be!

tim