HC Deb 13 April 1999 vol 329 cc119-20W
Mr. Bob Russell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department has spent on legal fees relating to the Bus Employees Superannuation Trust,(a) in total and (b) in connection with the High Court hearing on 1 March. [79540]

Mr. Milburn

The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions is responsible for issues in relation to the Bus Employees Superannuation Trust.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him today, Official Report, column 58, by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, my hon. Friend the Member for Hampstead and Highgate (Ms Jackson), which provides details of expenditure by that Department.