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Page 28 from 20th September 1990Bury South MP David Sumberg helpfully suggests, ". . . several options are under investigation to deal with traffic congestion. There is the......
Service mystery haunts haulage
Page 14 from 8th February 1990• Ratcliffe & Partners, a member of the Institute of Automotive Engineer Assessors, has told Commercial Motor that in the 16 cases of wheel loss it......
MP: vehicle hire can kill
Page 6 from 15th February 1990• Companies who hire commercial vehicles could be putting their employees' lives at risk, claims MP Gareth Wardell. Speaking in the House of......
Foreign truck checks slide
Page 16 from 25th May 1995• The number of foreign lorries inspected at the roadside is decreasing, according to roads minister Steven Norris. Norris told the House of......
Diabetics lobby Parliament
Page 10 from 12th March 1998Diabetics have been deluging their MPs with complaints about the Government's ban preventing insulin-dependent diabetics from driving category Cl......
Rail freight traffic is falling
Page 14 from 23rd November 1995• The relentless growth in the proportion of freight carried by road has been highlighted by the latest Government statistics on the issue.......
Toll freezing bill
Page 11 from 10th March 1994• An MP has tabled a bill to freeze tolls on the Severn Bridge at the level they were at in January 1994. Newport Labour member Roy Hughes......
RHA leader goes under
Page 7 from 28th January 1999• Martin Edge, the recently reelected chairman of the Shropshire branch of the Road Haulage Association, has been forced to close his business. Six......
Select committee joins debate on Piggyback
Page 11 from 5th November 1998• A group of MPs and House of Lords peers looks set to persuade the transport select committee to study the foundering road/rail piggyback......
Called to the bar
Page 30 from 18th April 1996T he defeat of the proposed bill to ban bull-bars (House of Commons, 29 March) is a victory of common sense over scaremongering.There is not a......