HC Deb 14 February 1996 vol 271 c572W
Ms Short

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if the franchising process for the(a) south-west and (b) Great Western lines will be reopened in circumstances when a franchisee renegotiates the level of subsidy upwards. [15182]

Mr. Watts

The circumstances posed in the hon. Member's question have not arisen.