HC Deb 27 July 1967 vol 751 cc221-2W
97. Mr. John Wells

asked the Postmaster-General, in view of the need to promote road safety, if he will review the anomaly under which properly fitted car radios require a licence whereas unfitted sets do not.

Mr. Edward Short

My right hon. Friend, the Minister of Transport informs me that she has no evidence that the use of radios in motor vehicles is a factor affecting road safety. The reasons for the licensing requirements were given in my reply of 26th April to the hon. Member for Cornwall, North (Mr. Pardoe).—[Vol. 745, c. 316.]