71. Mr. Geoffrey Wilsonasked the Minister of Transport what reports on the present operational co-ordination of public passenger transport services her Department has received from British Railways, the London Transport Board, the Holding Company and other transport undertakings; and whether she will publish the recommendations of these bodies.
§ Mrs. CastleFollowing discussions initiated by my predecessor, my right hon. Friend the Member for Hamilton (Mr. Tom Fraser), the British Railways Board, the London Transport Board, the Transport Holding Company and the British Electric Traction Company Limited last year sent me three joint 281W reports describing the arrangements for securing operational co-ordination of public passenger transport and indicating some possible improvements. The proposals in these reports will now be followed up by the regional passenger transport co-ordinating committees which I have recently appointed and I have arranged for them to have copies.
The reports are very detailed and I do not consider that the expense of publishing them would be justified.