asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will list the other major carriers of parcels in the United Kingdom other than the Post Office and indicate which of these carriers is State owned.

There are a large number of parcels carriers and no statistics are available about their relative importance in the private sector. Within the public sector the three major for hire carriers of parcels, apart from the Post Office, are British Rail Express Parcels Service, National Carriers Ltd. and Roadline UK Ltd.