§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in theOfficial Report the names of all employee-owned bus companies in Scotland.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonGrampian Regional Transport Ltd. was the subject of a management-employee buy out from Grampian regional council in January this year. Information on whether any other privately owned bus companies in Scotland are owned wholly or partly by employees is not readily available.
§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in theOfficial Report the names of those organisations providing public bus transport who have made representations to him about the privatisation 60W of bus services proposed in the Transport (Scotland) Bill; and if he will indicate those which (a) favoured and (b) disagreed with the Bill's proposals.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonIn the period following the publication of the Transport (Scotland) Bill representations about the Government's proposals to privatise the Scottish Bus Group have been received from the following bodies involved in operating public bus transport services:
- Luton and District Transport Ltd.
- Stagecoach Holdings Ltd.
In addition, representations have been received from the managing directors of the northern, Strathtay and western Clydeside subsidiaries of the Scottish Bus Group and from the Clydeside employee buy-out committee. A representation was also received from Borders regional council. None of the representations received made specific reference to the provisions of the Bill.