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)1VI OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
-1E Conservative front bench in Parliament made a move this week to get angerously defective or overloaded lorries banned from the roads for 12 ths. The Government's Road Safety Bill already proposes to increase the lty for these offences from £50 to £200.
an important trio of Opposition headed by junior transport spokesMr. Thomas Galbraith, is to propose mmittee that up to 12 months' suspenDf the carrier's licence should be added vehicle concerned. This, they say, either be an alternative or an extra stiff fine involved.
: group—the other two Members are Mr. Carlisle (Runcorn) and Mr. Dan Awdry )enham)—also want to make the Bill )wn that heavy goods vehicle tests shall ely be made annually. The Bill now only es tests "at periodic intervals".
:3! will also propose that applicants for goods vehicle licences should have passed of competence within five years of applicanstead of the 10 years as specified by the rid will urge the Minister to allow the him of goods vehicles to take place in ly equipped private garages. At the nt, the scheme is envisaged at Governmentstations only.
ong other amendments tabled this week is am Sir Clive Bossom, Tory MP for Leor. He wants to make operators responsible suring that their vehicles are fit for the At present, regulations which could be under the Bill would only require them to have inspections made to ensure that Construction and Use Regulations are complied with.
Although frontand back-bench Conservatives are tabling amendments to the Bill as it passes through Committee, the Tory Party generally supports the provisions for goods vehicles. Labour MPs seem to be leaving this part of the Bill alone arid TIN tabling amendments at all.