HC Deb 10 December 1980 vol 995 c377W
32. Dr. Edmund Marshall

asked the Minister of Transport whether he will give an assurance that the transport supplementary grant for 1981–82 will not discriminate against local authorities which subsidise their local bus and rail services.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

All English county councils have included local public transport subsidies in their bids for transport supplementary grant. In making the settlement we shall take account of each county's needs.