HC Deb 30 April 2001 vol 367 cc467-8W
Ms Kelly

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans he has to extend the maximum length of a contract for a subsidised service as set out in Section 90(1) of the Transport Act 1985. [159280]

Mr. Hill

None at present, although we have undertaken in the Rural White Paper to look at the possibility of extending the maximum period from five years to 10.