§ 20. Mr. Meadowcroftasked the Secretary of State for Transport what recent representations he has had on the expected effect of deregulation of bus services in metropolitan areas; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. David MitchellI refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Liverpool, Riverside (Mr. Parry) on 1 February at column339. Since then I have received several hundred further letters from members of the public in the metropolitan areas, many of them based on false assumptions concerning the Government's proposals.