HC Deb 25 March 1959 vol 602 cc1301-2
8. Mr. Wall

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will consider raising the present speed limit of 30 miles-per-hour for cars with light trailers.

The Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation (Mr. Harold Watkinson)

I am not in a position to make a statement on this matter at the moment.

Mr. Wall

Has not this matter been under consideration by my right hon. Friend for nearly a year? Will he bear in mind that this speed limit is now really archaic in modern conditions of brakes and roads?

Mr. Watkinson

If my hon. Friend refers in particular to the towing of boats en trailers, I must inform him that some boats are very long and constitute a considerable obstacle on the road.