§ 19. Mr. Liptonasked the Minister of Transport what action he will take to ensure that motor driving schools provide competent instructors.
§ Mr. HayProvision for setting up a register of approved driving instructors is made in the Road Traffic Bill which was recently introduced in another place.
§ Mr. LiptonWhile I gratefully record that since I tabled this Question the Road Traffic Bill has been introduced to make this provision, may I ask the hon. Gentleman if he agrees that it is very necessary to deal with mushroom driving schools and incompetent instructors? If there is some delay in getting the Road Traffic Bill through in its present form, would it not perhaps be better to introduce separate legislation to deal with this particular abuse and get it on the Statute Book more quickly than the Road Traffic Bill is likely to get there?
§ Mr. HayNo. I do not think that that is a procedure which will particularly commend itself to the House, especially in view of the congested state of the Parliamentary timetable at the 1312 moment. I think that we had better wait until the Bill comes before the House. We shall then look forward with interest to the hon. Gentleman's contributions.