HC Deb 19 February 1973 vol 851 cc43-4W
Mr. Ashley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if entry into the

legislation to allow employees of the passenger transport authority to serve on local authorities within the area of the passenger transport authority.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

I assume that the hon. Member is referring to employees of the passenger transport executive, since the passenger transport authority is unlikely to employ directly any staff except its own secretariat. Employees of a passenger transport executive are not debarred from serving on local authorities within the area of the passenger transport authority, as those local authorities have no direct responsibility for their appointment.