HC Deb 29 February 1972 vol 832 cc95-6W
Mr. Hicks

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment which European Economic Community member countries provide subsidised freight transport as an instrument of their regional develop-merit policies; and if he will give full details of the circumstances in which it has been and is now being applied.

Mr. Peyton

The circumstances are as prescribed in Article 80 of the Treaty of Rome, and Article 70 of the Treaty of Paris, as applied in practice by the Commission. A few special rates authorised under those provisions are understood to be in operation in France, Germany and Italy.