§ Mr. Carol Johnsonasked the Minister of Transport what he proposes to do to stop the activities of lorry drivers who drive for dangerously long hours.
§ Mr. Tom FraserI have decided to increase the number of examiners engaged in enforcing the statutory limits on drivers' hours by 100 as soon as they can be recruited. This will bring their numbers up to 240. Also, with the agreement of the Licensing Authorities, under whose day-to-day control the examiners fall, a single senior officer is to be appointed with the full-time job of coordinating and developing this enforcement work on a national scale.