Municipal Bus Companies

HC Deb 10 January 1989 vol 144 cc612-3W

Mr. Barry Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the first municipal bus company to be sold.

Mr. Portillo

Two English local authority owned bus companies have already been sold: Portsmouth City Transport and Yorkshire Rider. In Wales, Taff-Ely Transport has been sold, and the Secretary of State for Scotland has recently approved the sale of Grampian Regional Transport.