§ 12. Sir CHARLES OMANasked the Minister of Transport whether, in consideration of the number of recent convictions of drivers of lorries and omnibuses for exceeding licensed speed owing to the imposition on them by the companies or individuals employing them of practically impossible itineraries, he will make provision in his projected Bill dealing with road traffic for the imposition of heavier penalties on such employers or companies?
§ The MINISTER of TRANSPORT (Mr. Oliver Stanley)The maximum penalties for aiding and abetting these offences already provided in Sub-sections (5) and (6) of Section 10 of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, appear to me to be adequate, but, as my hon. Friend is aware, the actual penalty inflicted in a particular case is a matter wholly within the discretion of the court.