HC Deb 01 February 1973 vol 849 cc441-2W
44. Mr. Walter Johnson

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will introduce legislation which will impose heavier fines on those who deliberately ignore the motorway fog regulations, and on a second offence take away the licence to drive.

Mr. Peyton

No. Those who ignore these basic precautions may become liable to prosecution for existing

Mr. Bruce-Gardyne

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many dockers, in each of the ports involved, have taken advantage of the arrangements for severance pay introduced following the Jones-Aldington Report; and how many dockers have been recruited at each of these ports during the period of operation of the severance scheme.

Mr. Chichester-Clark

The information is tabled below. Figures are not available for individual ports and are given for National Dock Labour Board local areas. No permanent dock workers have been recruited since the commencement of the special severance scheme.

Figures as at 29th January 1973 are as follows:

offences including dangerous driving, for which the penalties include fines, disqualification, and imprisonment.