§ 24. Mr. Higgsasked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that youths under 21 years of age are not 1966 permitted to drive agricultural tractors on the highway whilst they are allowed to drive two and a-half ton lorry; that this is a hardship to farmers; and will he take steps to get the law amended?
§ The Minister of Transport (Captain Wallace)I am glad to inform my hon. Friend that action has now been taken which has altered the legal position as stated in his Question. The effect of a Defence Regulation which has just been made is that a person of 17 years of age may lawfully drive an agricultural tractor on the road, not merely "in the course of the internal operations of a farm" but also on the public road from one farm to another.