HC Deb 12 December 1979 vol 975 cc678-9W
Mr. Adams

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report those local authorities that provide subsidised bus travel for the mentally handicapped.

Mr. Fairgrieve

Local authorities in Scotland do not at present have clear powers to grant travel concessions to the mentally handicapped unless they qualify because of physical disability, blindness or age. The hon. Member for Dunbartonshire, West (Mr. Campbell) has introduced a Bill to provide Scottish local authorities with such powers.