HL Deb 22 March 1990 vol 517 cc501-2WA
Lord Gallacher

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they consider one of the options concerning the future of New Covent Garden Market to be the sale of market to tenants on the basis that they formed themselves into a statutory co-operative to acquire and operate the market.

Baroness Trumpington

The possibility of selling New Covent Garden Market to its tenants was one of the options considered as part of the feasibility study on the future of the Covent Garden Market. Should we decide to pursue this option, it will be for the tenants themselves to decide how they might go about this.