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THE QUESTION of whether four speed limits are too many is among the matters under review by the inter-departmental Working Party on Speed Limit Policy, said Mr, John Morris, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport.
PRELIMINARY estimates showed that it would probably cost about £350 million to change over to driving on the right, if 10 years' warning were given.—Mr. Morris.
THE REVISED draft of regulations dealing with vehicle noise has been prepared, and will he circulated to interested organizations for comment.
THE Commons last week took action against people who dump parts of vehicles. MPs decided that this should be an offence just as much as abandoning a complete vehicle.
This extension was added to Mr. Duncan Sandys' Civic Amenities Bill which was given an unopposed third reading, and now goes to the Lords.
REGULATIONS will be made soon to deal with the conveyance by road of more than 200 inflammable liquids. Mr. Roy Jenkins, the Home Secretary, said last week that the Regulations had been prepared on the recommendations of the Standing Advisory Committee on Dangerous Substances.