§ 28. Sir Nicholas Bonsorasked the Secretary of State for Transport what progress has been made in negotiations for the sale of motorway service areas since his reply to the hon. Member for Southall (Mr. Bidwell) on 7 May, Official Report, c. 137.
§ Mr. FowlerI have agreed terms with the Mobil Oil Company for it to purchase a new 50-year lease of its service area at Burton West on the M6. I have also accepted in principle an offer from the Blue Boar Group to purchase new leases of its service areas at Watford Gap and Rothersthorpe on the Ml. This means that when these sales have been completed four-fifths of the English service areas will have been disposed of, bringing the total proceeds up to nearly £45 million.