HC Deb 13 May 1931 vol 252 cc1203-4W
Mr. REMER

asked the Minister of Transport if his attention has been called to the inconvenience caused to motorcar manufacturers by the regulation that all motor vehicles must have wings attached; if he is aware that it was the practice on the part of many manufacturers to drive incomplete chassis short distances along the public highways, from one works to another, without wings; and if he will take steps to meet this difficulty?

Mr. HERBERT MORRISON

The driving of a chassis without mudguards along roads can cause considerable inconvenience to the public when the roads are wet or muddy, and it was mainly for this reason that the regulation with regard to the fitting of wings to motor vehicles was made. Temporary wings made of such materials as wood and canvas can be fitted with little trouble and expense, and I do not see my way to relax the regulation in the direction which the hon. Member suggests.