EEC regs 'chaos'
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TRANSPORT Minister William Rodgers was accused in the Commons recently of adopting a posture in all EEC negotiations which seemed to be to cause the maximum amount of confusion and chaos in the road haulage in-. dustry.
The charge came from Roger Moate (Tory, Faversham) who instanced distance limits, "which we were once told would be abolished unconditionally but which have now been accepted unconditionally by the Right Honourable Gentleman."
In those circumstances, why should MPs have any faith in Mr Rodgers' negotiating position on lorry weights, asked Mr Moate.
Mr Rodgers retorted that he was not sure that he had declared his negotiating position on lorry weights, ther did not see how, or 17 the House could have it.
He said that the C sion was now corn work on detailed prop maximum weights anc sions, and he understc it hoped to publish th posals shortly.