§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what(a) guidance and (b) legislation (i) has been given or is in place and (ii) is planned by his Department on the EU Working Time Directive; and if he will make a statement. [66321]
§ Mr. JamiesonMy Department is responsible for implementing the EU directive on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities (2002/15/EC). This directive was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities on 23 March 2002, and is scheduled to come into force in the UK by 23 March 2005.
No formal guidance on the directive has been produced at this stage. However, we are currently consulting with key representatives from both sides of industry on the transposition of the directive.
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry is responsible for guidance on and the implementation of domestic legislation relating to the original working time directive (93/104/EC) and the horizontal amending directive (2000/34/EC).