To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the organisations which he or his officials regularly meet to discuss road transport matters.

[holding answer 19 March 1990]: Road transport matters concern a wide range of interests, with which there are regular contacts. The list of such interests is long but includes industry associations such as the Bus and Coach Council, CBI, freight transport, motor manufacturers, road haulage and chemical industries associations, the police, British Standards Institution, trade unions, training board and the local authority associations, various road safety and environmental organisations and the motoring associations.