§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what is his policy for the future of the British Transport police;
(2) if he will list the sites at which British Transport police are currently employed and those sites at which they were employed in 1979, giving the numbers employed at each site in both cases;
(3) what procedures there are for vetting private security firms where they are to take over the work of the British Transport police;
(4) what consultations he has had with employers and warehouse owners at the sites on which staff reductions are proposed for the British Transport police;
(5) whether he is satisfied that reductions in the numbers of British Transport police will have no adverse effect on Her Majesty's Government's ability to combat drug smuggling.
§ Mr. RidleyI shall reply to these questions shortly.