§ 77. Mr. Brocklebank-Fowlerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will seek powers to encourage the establishment of private mini-bus services in those rural areas where the existing public services are inadequate.
§ Mr. Michael HeseltineThese services can already be provided under present legislation and, should they not pay their way, can receive the encouragement of a grant to which both central and local government contribute. I hope that the pilot studies of rural transport now under way in Devon and West Suffolk will yield more information about the scope for such services.