§ 21. Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he will take steps to ensure that at all metered parking places provision shall be made for the parking of invalid carriages without charge.
§ Mr. NugentThe Westminster Parking Places Order, which is the only one so far made, provides that on obtaining written permission from the Council drivers suffering from severe physical disability may leave their vehicles at parking meters without charge. We shall be prepared to give favourable consideration to similar provisions in any future scheme which may be submitted to us.
§ Mr. WilleyWill not the Joint Parliamentary Secretary review this procedure in Westminster? Does not he think it unnecessarily cumbersome to expect the disabled person to apply for this written permission? Would not it be far better if the persons and vehicles were easily identifiable to allow free parking without all this formality?
§ Mr. NugentThis formality is quite simple, and it is not all that easy to devise a system which is completely free from the possibility of abuse. I think that this is a simple system. It will work without any difficulty.