Orders of the Day — Greater London Authority Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:04 pm on 14 December 1998.

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Photo of Ken Livingstone Ken Livingstone Labour, Brent East 5:04, 14 December 1998

Although I have clarified the matter several times, Opposition Members keep repeating the allegation that the wicked old GLC subsidised fares instead of putting money into the capital investment programme. Is the right hon. Lady not aware that the entire capital programme for London Transport was controlled by the Secretary of State for Transport and the Secretary of State for the Environment? They had to give prior approval for any item of capital expenditure. Every year, the Greater London council proposed a major capital works programme to the then Tory Government, and every year it was rejected. We never had the choice of choosing.