§ 66. Sir C. Osborneasked the Minister of Transport if he will now make a statement on the recommendations of the Road Safety Conference held at Blackpool that motor cyclists who successfully pass the Royal Automobile Club or Automobile Association new schemes for learner motor cyclists, which requires 12 weeks' training, shall be automatically granted a full licence without have to pass other tests; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MarplesMy hon. Friend has no doubt in mind the query put to me at a recent Road Safety Officers Congress at Blackpool whether it would be possible to standardise the R.A.C./A.C.U. tests and to raise them to a level at which they could be accepted as equivalent to the ordinary Ministry driving test. This suggestion has its difficulties, one of which is that the present test often takes place off the roads or on roads which are lightly trafficked, but I am giving the proposal very careful examination.