§ Mr. Biffenasked the Minister of Labour if he will give a percentage breakdown of total busmen employed between municipal and company owned operators, 159W and between undertakings that are parties to joint national councils and those that are not.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsIt is estimated that the percentages of all drivers and conductors, excluding those employed by company undertakings not covered by the negotiating machinery, are 33 per cent. and 47 per cent. for municipal and company undertakings respectively. The remaining 20 per cent. are employed by London Transport.
Information is not available as to the number of employees of company undertakings who are not parties to the negotiaing machinery.