HC Deb 30 November 1987 vol 123 c433W
Mr. Barry Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it his policy to privatise British Rail's network on the Isle of Wight.

Mr. David Mitchell

Our policy is for BR to increase the role of the private sector in the provision of services to the railway. BR has put no plans to me for privatising its line on the Isle of Wight.