Transport: Penzance and Isles of Scilly Ferry Service Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Transport: Penzance and Isles of Scilly Ferry Service

Lord Cameron of Dillington Excerpts
Tuesday 22nd March 2011

(13 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Earl Attlee Portrait Earl Attlee
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My Lords, the noble Lord will appreciate that the Scottish shipping operations are much more complicated than the service to the Isles of Scilly.

Lord Cameron of Dillington Portrait Lord Cameron of Dillington
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The situation is even worse than the noble Lord thinks. The helicopter company that provides the link between Penzance and the Scilly Isles has just sold its Penzance airport to Sainsbury’s and has yet to find another site.