HC Deb 10 December 1980 vol 995 cc407-8W
Mr. Les Huckfield

asked the Minister of Transport when he proposes to meet the chairman of the British Railways Board to discuss the level of public service obligation grant needed to prevent cuts in commuter and other services.

Mr. Fowler

I have today announced in an answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Wycombe (Mr. Whitney) the 1981 cash ceiling on the public service obligation grant of £678 million.