§ Mr. Spriggsasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will seek powers to obtain annual reports from each of the metropolitan passenger transport authorities and make them available to the House of Commons for parliamentary purposes.
§ Mr. HoramPassenger transport authorities—which in England are the308W six metropolitan county councils—are required by the Transport Act 1968 to publish annual reports jointly with their executives. These include the executives' audited statements of accounts. I am arranging for copies of the latest reports to be sent to the House of Commons Library for the information of hon. Members.