§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the total cost to public funds of redundancy payments to staff employed on the west coast main line since it was sold. [33]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonRedundancy payments made by West Coast Trains Limited since it was franchised are a matter for the operator. Costs of redundancies to the Exchequer are not identified separately, but may have been a factor in the bids by tenderers for the franchise.