§ 36. Dr. Grayasked the Minister of Transport on how many occasions the East Anglian Planning Council has made representations to her about curtailments of rail services in the Yarmouth constituency.
§ Mr. John MorrisNone, Sir. The Council is well aware that my right hon. Friend will seek its advice on any proposal to discontinue all railway passenger services from any station or on any line in its region and that she has no statutory powers in relation to the reduction of such services.
§ Dr. GrayIs my hon. Friend aware that if the East Anglian Planning Council has not made representations about the deterioration both in quality and quantity in railway services in my constituency, it has at least put forward a scheme for integrated transport in the remote rural areas of Norfolk?
§ Mr. MorrisI am not aware of the particular scheme to which my hon. Friend referred. I would be most interested and anxious to see it. Where there are allegations of deterioration in services, the first avenue is to go to the local management of the railways and then the Transport Users' Consultative Committees. I should be willing to look at particular points which my hon. Friend has in mind.