§ Mr. Haynesasked the Secretary of State for Transport what is his policy towards the extent to which:he commercial operations of the British Railways Board should be profitable in every individual year, rather than over a period of years.
§ Mr. David MitchellThe objectives set for the board last October do not specify a level of profitability for each individual year, but we have made it clear that we want the commercial businesses to improve their financial performance and to achieve a return of 2.7 per cent. on net assets by 1989–90.