Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander sent a letter to the chairman of the Transport Committee to talk about buses manufactured by China. In it she wrote:
“It is important to reiterate the context I set out to the Committee. There are approximately 30,000 buses in England, of which about 8 per cent are electric. Of those 5,000 electric buses, just over 600 are manufactured by Yutong – representing about 2 per cent of buses operating in England.”
She’s right on the rough number of buses – can co-conspirators spot the maths flub. This is one of those percentage exam question examples you give to 12-year-olds…
Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked John Healey: “Just finally, I mean Andy Burnham has been very clear he wants Britain back in the European Union in his lifetime. Do you?”
The Chancellor replied: “I’m older than Andy Burnham. I don’t expect to see that.”