§ Mr. David Priceasked the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to increase staff participation within the publicly-owned transport industries; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. William RodgersThere is already a large measure of staff participation at local, regional and national level within the publicly-owned transport industries with well established machinery for consultation and negotiation. Our proposals for extending industrial democracy in the publicly-owned transport industries will be announced when we are ready.