§ Mr. Boothasked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will instruct the British Railways Board that no further sales of British Transport Hotels into the private sector should take place until Her Majesty's Government have extended the scope of the Wages Council Act 1979 by order to cover those hotels.
§ Mr. David HowellThe exclusion relating to British Transport hotels (SI 1982–739) will automatically lapse when the hotels are privatised.
§ Mr. Boothasked the Secretary of State for Transport from which merchant bank he has received financial advice regarding the sale of British Transport Hotels, other than that provided on a contract fee basis; and on what basis.
§ Mr. David HowellNone; but I have been informed of the advice given to the British Railways Board by Morgan Grenfell and Co. Ltd.