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Quick Journeys 'attractive' To Public
W HEN the Lords last week approved the raising of speed limits for public service vehicles, Lord Redmayne asked how the regulations applied to foreign vehicles touring in this......
George Brown Critical Of Hauliers
- ppoAD hauliers were last week criticized by ' Mr. George Brown, the Economics Minister, for refusing to co-operate with the Prices and Incomes Board. Speaking during the......
Carrying Dangerous Goods
T HE Fire Service, local authority associations and other bodies, together with members of the public, have asked the Home Office to tighten controls on vehicles carrying......
Licensing Conditions
IT was suggested by Mr. Hugh Rossi (Tory. Hornsey) in the Commons last week that a condition of the issue of A, B or C licences should be that the applicant had sufficient......
Controlling Exhaust Fumes
INVESTIGATIONS in Europe and in this Acountry had not yet reached a stage at which a decision could be made about the extent and nature of any further control of exhaust fumes,......
Agreement On Safety
T was emphasized in the Commons last week, by Mr. Stephen Swingler, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, that the Government wanted to see an agreement about......
Less On Ministry Advertising
A BIG reduction in Ministry of Transport advertising this year was forecast in the Commons by Mr. Stephen. Swingler, the Parliamentary Secretary. He said that in the financial......
Warning On Vehicle Substitution
A GOVERNMENT warning was given last ' week to anyone who thought he could substitute for a works vehicle—which can receive an investment grant—"something which can be used for a......
Powers Of Search For Police
A N MP urged in the Commons last week that J E-1 provincial police forces should be given powers of search by night and day of vehicles suspected of carrying stolen and other......
No Special Inspection
IN the Commons last week, Mr. Geoffrey Wilson (Tory, Truro) asked about the measures of inspection taken to ensure that rigid goods vehicles from overseas coming into this......