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MR. JOHN HAY, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, had spoken in "rather complacent terms" when he told the Commons about the testing of commercial vehicles, said Lord Shepherd last week. It was a fact that there were only 332 inspectors to inspect some 1,400,000 vehicles, said Lord Shepherd—we were now inspecting only about eight per cent of commercial vehicles, as opposed to 45 per cent of private cars. He hoped that the Minister would shortly be able to give further news about how the Department proposed to deal with commercial vehicles, added Lord Shepherd, who was speaking (luring the Lords' discussion on the Order extending tests to five-year-old cars. The testing of commercial vehicles over 30 cwt. was being considered, pointed out Lord Chesham, Mr. Hay's opposite number in the Lords. But he warned that it was bound to take some time, although the wider testing of these vehicles was agreed in principle..
NoiseProsecutions L"'year there were 2,267 prosecutions for noise offences with motor vehicles in the Metropolitan Police district, of which 2,253 were successful. Staling this in the Commons last week, Mr. C. M. Woodhouse, Under Secretary of State at the Home Office, added that 360 written warnings were also issued in 1962.