§ Mr. Murphyasked the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has recently received from pensioners and pensioner organisations regarding the privatisation of buses.
§ Mr. David MitchellSince the publication of the Transport Bill we have received a number of representations from pensioners and their organisations, many of them worried by the mistaken belief that the bus legislation takes away concessionary fares for the elderly. We have explained that this is untrue. Similarly I explained this to a delegation of pensioners I met in Birmingham.