HC Deb 11 November 1969 vol 791 cc51-2W
52. Mr. Hugh Jenkins

asked the Minister of Transport if he will introduce legislation to compel local authorities to introduce concessionary fares for retired people.

Mr. Mulley

No. The provision in the Transport Act, 1968, and the Transport (London) Act, 1969, extends considerably the powers of local authorities to help elderly people in this way. It meets a generally expressed desire to have wider discretionary powers.