§ Mr. SimsTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the result of the recent meeting of the Council of Ministers which reviewed the EC spirits definition regulations requiring a minimum alcoholic strength by volume for whisky.
§ Mr. CurryThe Council accepted a recommendation by the EC Commission that the minimum alcoholic strength of whisky should remain at 40 per cent. by volume.
218WTransport Statistics" and "Bus and Coach Statistics". The following table gives the number of vehicle kilometres on bus and coach services run by operators based in Scotland and by Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive—Underground.
Vehicle kilometres by public transport Bus and coach services1 (million) Strathclyde Passenger Local (stage)
services
Other services
All services
Executive— Underground
(thousand)
1981 294 121 416 1981–82 1,022 1982 287 124 411 1982–83 1,070 1983 290 137 427 1983–84 1,069 1984 286 146 432 1984–85 1,078 1985–86 286 143 429 1985–86 1,062 1986–87 303 147 449 1986–87 1,120 1987–88 329 145 474 1987–88 1,089 1988–89 326 154 480 1988–89 1,166 1989–90 336 167 503 1989–90 1,165 1990–91 335 164 499 1990–91 1,122 1991–92 355 169 524 1991–92 1,137 1 Figures are approximate, as only a sample of the smaller bus and coach operators is surveyed. Figures for range of different modes of public transport are available only in terms of the number of passenger journeys, which are given in the following table.