§ 43 and 44. Sir COOPER RAWSONasked the Minister of Transport (1) whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that under the Goods Vehicles (Keeping of Records) Regulations a retail trader who drives a motor goods vehicle for half-an-hour only during a day is required to make a long return comprising 12 separate entries; and whether he is prepared to amend the regulations to require less detailed record keeping in connection with such a short period of driving;
(2) whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Goods Vehicles (Keeping of Records) Regulations require more information to be recorded by the part-time driver of a small motor goods vehicle than is required from a person who is wholly engaged in driving a heavy motor goods vehicle; and whether he is prepared to amend the regulations so as to reduce the number of entries which a part-time driver of a motor goods vehicle is now required to make?
§ The MINISTER of TRANSPORT (Mr. Hore-Belisha)These regulations, which were made after consultation with the Transport Advisory Council, provide for the keeping of records in accordance with the terms of the Act under which they 1760 were made, but I will certainly consider with the Council whether some simplification is possible consistently with the intentions of Parliament, and will bear my hon. Friend's representations in mind.