HC Deb 13 July 1999 vol 335 c127W
22. Ann Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will review the franchise conditions of service station operations on the motorways. [89497]

Ms Glenda Jackson

We have no immediate plans to do so, though a recent increase in complaints has led the Office of Fair Trading to conduct a preliminary investigation of its own into the price of food and drink at motorway services areas. We have said that we will wish to consider the case for further Government intervention, either through our formal agreements with operators or otherwise, in the light of OFT' s findings.