§ Mr. ChannonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what action Her Majesty's Government is taking to ensure that the recommendations of the European experimental vehicles committee are included 533W in the European Commission's directive on the front and side impact resistance of cars. [16907]
§ Mr. NorrisWe have taken every possible action to persuade the Commission to propose, and other European Union member states to support, the quickest practical implementation of the recommendations of the EEVC. To that end, we have carried out extensive research programmes and shared all the results with our European partners.