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Page 23 from 23rd March 1973• BBC televisions Man Alive programme plans to screen a discussion on the "disruption caused to small towns and villages" whose roads are used by......

MP's red, amber lorry zone.
Page 16 from 26th January 1973would create havoc FTA Government will not oppose Hugh Dykes's Bill from our political correspondent • Mr Hugh Dykes, Tory MP for Harrow East,......

Flexibility the Dykes Bill keynote
Page 16 from 20th April 19733 tons is the limit but local authorities can allow larger vehicles in city centres at their discretion from our Parliamentary correspondent •......

Commons gets tough: no 11-tonne axles here
Page 22 from 24th November 1972All-party backing for Bill to restrict lorries from our political correspondent • MPs of all parties, proand anti-Common Market, are joining......

Lorries Bill advisory council dropped
Page 17 from 23rd February 1973• Plans to set up an advisory council to formulate proposals for the regulation of heavy lorries in urban areas under the Heavy Commercial Vehicles......

Curbing the lorry can jeopardize towns
Page 22 from 24th November 1972FTA director's counter-blow to MPs • A counter-blow to the "Dykes Bill" was delivered by Mr Hugh Featherstone, director of the Freight Transport......

FTA president sees hope in lorry Bill
Page 24 from 16th March 1973• The first glimmer of hope that pressure from the Freight Transport Association against the lorry control Bill of Mr Hugh Dykes was having some......

Dykes Bill becomes an Act
Page 45 from 27th July 1973MORE POWERS TO CURB LORRIES • Mr Hugh Dykes, the Conservative MP for Harrow Central, has joined that ex clusive band ofMPs who have successfully......

Huckfield wins!
Page 29 from 9th March 1973Dykes Bill will now give 5-ton unladen weight access concession • The restrictions on access within London in the Heavy Commercial Vehicles......

Heavier still is fewer
Page 4 from 26th June 1982THE GOVERNMENT is determined to do everything it can to check the growth in heavy lorry traffic, to control more effectively the vehicles......