§ Mr. Lubbockasked the Minister of Transport what arrangements are made to allow doctors to be exempted from parking excess fines, apart from exemption when visiting patients or being on call.
§ Mr. MarplesThe waiving of an excess charge is entirely a matter for the local authority. So far as I am aware, local authorities are prepared to waive these charges when a doctor has been delayed in attending to a patient, but not in general in other circumstances. If a car has remained at a meter for longer than the period paid for by the excess charge, the question of a fine is one for the courts to decide.