§ 59. Mr. W. T. Rodgersasked the Minister of Transport if he will now rescind that part of his directions to the Transport Holding Company of 20th December, 1962, that restricts the manufacturing output of its subsidiaries, in the light of the company's experience that such interference results in unused capacity and higher unit costs, and in order that a publicly-owned enterprise may compete freely and on equal terms with private industry.
§ Mr. MarplesNo. I have noted from their Annual Report for 1963 that the Transport Holding Company would hope to find some way of sharing the advantages of their relatively small bus works with others and of widening the commercial approach. I shall, of course, consider very carefully any proposals they may put to me.