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THE Minister of Transport proposes that
local authorities, both within and outside Passenger Transport Authority areas, should be empowered to subsidize particular uneconomic bus services which are provided for the benefit of rural areas.
Mrs. Barbara Castle also intends to take powers to meet 50 per cent of the costs incurred by local authorities in giving this financial assistance.
These points emerged during Parliamentary answers last week to a series of questions about PTAs from Mr. Leslie Huckfield (Labour, Nuneaton).
When Mr. Huckfield asked about the terms of compensation to be applied in the regionalization of existing municipal bus undertakings he was advised to await the publication of the forthcoming White Paper on Public. Transport.