HC Deb 04 December 1979 vol 975 cc130-1W
Mr. Canavan

asked the Minister of Transport what assessment his Department has made of the effect on public transport services of the Government proposal to reduce the legal rights of children to free school transport.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The effects of local authorities' new power to charge for school transport will depend on the use individual authorities decide to make of it. No doubt they will have in mind among other things their local transport responsibilities.