Light at the end of the tunnel
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DESPITE having a bad deal from the EEC on the latest drivers' hours proposals there are still grounds for looking on the bright side, says Freight Transport Association directorgeneral Mr Hugh Featherstone.
He told a meeting of FTA divisions from Lincolnshire, East Midlands, Nottingham and Derby that at least the Commission was prepared to move towards change.
Change was a tortuous process and the Council of Ministers would probably change the package before it was passed. But he thought the most important thing was that the package opened the door to deferment of the hours regulation for the UK until 1977.
Mr Featherstone said that we might face another cliff-hanger on July 1 when our deferment runs out, but the writing was on the wall that another deferment was inevitable.