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Drivers lobby Scottish MPs
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• When six lorry drivers representing the Scottish Drivers' Campaign central committee lobbied their [VIPs about quantity licensing and drivers hours aspects of the Transport Bill at Westminster on Tuesday, they were told by the MPs of the possibility of obtaining concessions from Mrs, Castle. The Members concerned—Mr. Peter Doig, Mr. James Bennett, and Mr. Tom McMillan—told the drivers that they had already anticipated the objection over the mileage limits by tabling amendments to the Bill.
On the hourt question, the drivers were left unconvinced by the MPs' arguments that it was the policy of their union to try to ensure that they did not earn less because of the new safety measures. It was impossible, said Mr. Doig, to amend the legislation to safeguard earnings: there had to be strong pressure on employers to make up what would be lost.