§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list in theOfficial Report those buy-outs of Scottish Bus Group subsidiaries which fully involved employee participation in the buy-out;
(2) if he will list in the Official Report each subsidiary of the Scottish Bus Group already sold, indicating in each case the price received by the Government for the sale;
Name of SBG subsidiary sold Name of purchaser Lowland Scottish Omnibuses Limited Lycidas (167) Limited (MEBO) Scottish Citylink Coaches Limited Vexamond Limited (MEBO) Midland Scottish Omnibuses Limited GRT Holdings plc Eastern Scottish Omnibuses Limited SMT Omnibuses plc (MEBO) Kelvin Central Buses Limited Choiceframe Limited Stage-Coach (Holdings) (MEBO) Northern Scottish Omnibuses Limited Limited In addition, the Yorkshire Traction Company Ltd. has recently been accorded preferred bidder status in the sale of Strathtay Scottish Omnibuses Ltd.