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£20 Parks fine cheaper than 1926
Page 19 from 18th August 1972• The new £20 fine for using a commercial vehicle in the Royal Parks is less in real terms than the £5 fine it has replaced, when that penalty was......
Miracles take longer
Page 37 from 6th February 1976THE government is to try to put a figure on the damage done to buildings, roads and people by heavy lorries. Mr Kenneth Marks, environment......
Service stations
Page 5 from 5th August 1977TRANSPORT minister William Rodgers has urged the Prices Commission to carry out an inquiry into the running of motorway service stations. The......
Reflective plates
Page 19 from 8th December 1972• Today, Friday, the Minister for Transport Industries is expected to bring before the House of Commons regulations specifying which vehicles must......
Storm over debates
Page 5 from 16th December 1977AN ANGRY Norman Fowler, Tory transport spokesman, criticised the Government last week for hiving off important Common Market transport debates to a......
UK/EEC lorry sizes must conform: Lord Sandford
Page 19 from 15th December 1972• Independent decisions by Britain on the size of lorries are not practicable, emphasized a Government spokesman last week. "We could not have two......
REPORT WELCOMED
Page 17 from 10th June 1977TRANSPORT minister William Rodgers has welcomed the publication of a House of Commons Select Committee report on British Rail and has said that it......
Chaotic nonsense
Page 4 from 14th July 1978MEMBERS of the House of Lords and Commons will demonstrate an unusual level of comprehension if they fully understand the draft regulations on......
No changes to fares
Page 5 from 25th May 1979TRANSPORT Minister Norman Fowler has stated that he doi not intend to alter the age limits for fare concessions on buses In a written answer in the......
'We don't want control'
Page 5 from 12th October 1979PARLIAMENTARY Secretary for Transport Kenneth Clarke has said that although the Government hopes that local authorities will "restrain their......