§ 84. Mr. PENNEFATHERasked the Home Secretary if he is aware that the Regulations in regard to the use of silencers by motor cyclists, and to the emission of smoke by coal-using transport vehicles, are persistently ignored; and will he, in the interests of the health and comfort of the general public, take steps to secure an abatement of these nuisances by the strict enforcement of the Regulations by all police authorities?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of TRANSPORT (Colonel Ashley)I have been asked to answer this question. I do not accept the statement that the Regulations in question are persistently ignored. As I stated on 24th July, in reply to my hon. and gallant Friend the. Member for Totnes (Major Harvey), the enforcement of the law is a matter for the individual police authorities, and the Minister of Transport has no powers in the matter.