§ 38. Mr. Longdenasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he has yet received the results of the pilot surveys into the provision of bus services in rural areas; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. PeytonI refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Bath (Sir E. Brown) yesterday.—[Vol. 822, c. 65–6.]
§ Mr. LongdenIs my right hon. Friend aware that in some parts of the country public transport is not able to do the job, and will he remove some of the obstacles in the way of private enterprise, for example, by revising the licensing system, and let private enterprise get on with it?
§ Mr. PeytonI hope to make a statement of the licensing system in the near future, and I hope to go some way to satisfy my hon. Friend.