§ 71. Mr. Dribergasked the Minister of Transport if he has considered the case, details of which have been sent to him, of the car, number MXC 301, which passed his Department's test at two out of four garages licensed to issue certificates of roadworthiness and was immediately found by an Automobile Association inspector to be dangerous and completely unroadworthy; if he will circulate in HANSARD the report on this car drawn up by his testing centre at Hendon; if he will investigate closely the circumstances in which the certificates were issued; and what steps he is taking to ensure more thorough testing in such cases.
Date Contract Tender sum £ June,1961 … … Dartford Tunnel No.7 … … 1,478,364 December, 1961 … … Dartford Tunnel No. 10 … … 526,479 December, 1961 … … Lydiate Ash-Quinton: Soil Survey … … 20,810 January, 1962 … … Reconstruction of Faslane Port … … 503,218 July, 1962 … … Castle Bromwich-Dunston: Soil Survey … … 3,175 July,1962 … … Hereford Inner Relief Road: Soil Survey … … 2,908 August, 1962 … … Chiswick-Langley (Motorway) No. 2(a) … … 4,984,975 June, 1964 … … Hendon Urban Motorway No. 3 … … 4,057,518 Note: (a) joint with Christiani and Nielsen Ltd. and Kier Ltd.