HC Deb 05 April 1990 vol 170 cc723-4W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will introduce within the United Kingdom a provision to enable registered blind persons to take with them a non-paying companion on rail journeys; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Portillo

Local authorities in Great Britain outside London already have discretion to offer travel concessions on local public transport, including free travel, to the companion of a blind person who requires his assistance in order to travel.