MPs focus on transport
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• Commercial vehicle enforcement is to be scrutinised by the Parliamentary Select Committee on Transport in the autumn.
The all-party team of MPs is expected to focus on vehicle offences and the work of the Vehicle Inspectorate.
The committee will cross examine a number of witnesses, probably including VI chief executive Ron Oliver, before producing a report early next year for the Transport Secretary Brian Mawhinney.
The terms of the inquiry are expected to be published in the next few weeks, together with a request for written evidence from interested parties. The committee will then ask wit
nesses to come before it.
The issue of truck safety has been highlighted by the Brake campaign for safer vehicles and tougher enforcement. Gwyneth Dunwoody MP, who sits on the Transport Select Committee, is the campaign's patron,