asked the Minister of Transport who represents Dorset in general, and North Dorset in particular, on the local Transport Users' Consultative Committee, and the Central Transport Users' Consultative Committee respectively.

Dorset has two representatives on the Transport Users' Consultative Committee for the South Eastern Area. They are County Councillor Colonel The Rt. Hon. Lord Basing, T.D., of Gillingham (North Dorset) and Lieut.-Colonel Sir Mervyn Wheatley, K.B.E., D.L., J.P., of Poole.There are no representatives of Dorset on the Central Transport Users' Consultative Committee. The local authority representatives on the central committee are appointed, after consultation with the local authority associations, to represent local authorities generally.