§ Mr. LevittTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the contribution which private coach operators could make to sustainable tourism.[45455]
§ Mr. Tom ClarkeThe Government have recently undertaken a nationwide consultation exercise on sustainable tourism. Among the responses we have received are a number from bodies representing the interests of coach operators. All responses to the consultation are currently being analysed. They will feed into the development of the new strategy for tourism which my Department will launch later this year and will help update the UK Sustainable Development Strategy which will be published by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions also later this year.