§ 66. Mr. Thorneasked the Minister of Transport whether he can give the House any information in connection with the firm of Child and Sons, Limited, haulage contractors, in the eastern counties; the 513 number of offences relating to drivers' hours of rest; and the keeping of records of hours worked and the amount of fines?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport (Captain Austin Hudson)I understand that this company was recently convicted of 16 offences of failing to cause current records to be kept by drivers of goods vehicles employed by them, and seven offences of permitting persons to drive motor goods vehicles without the necessary hours of rest. The aggregate fines totalled £