§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the arrangements he has made with his Department, or other Government agency, concerning weighing of commercial vehicles entering the United Kingdom at roll-on/roll-off ferry ports, where all laden vehicles are weighed and where only sample weighing is practised.
§ Mr. CarmichaelThe Department's examiners—in co-operation at some ports with county trading standards officers—weigh a sample of about 15 per cent. of incoming commercial vehicles at the main roll-on/roll-off ferry ports. Facilities for weighing at minor ports are being improved. To weigh all laden vehicles would be too costly in manpower and would impose unacceptable congestion and delays in the major ports.