§ Mr. Lomasasked the Minister of Transport when she expects to receive a report from her Lighting Working Party at present studying the use of reflectorised number plates.
§ Mr. SwinglerThe Lighting Working Party makes recommendations as soon as it has brought the study of any matter to a firm conclusion. In February its members will see a demonstration of various lighting devices, including reflectorised number plates.
§ Mr. Lomasasked the Minister of Transport whether, in the interest of road safety and law enforcement, she will treat as a matter of some urgency the recommendations contained in the Road Research Laboratory Report, issued on the 12th January, on the subject of reflective number plates, and introduce appropriate permissive legislation.
§ Mr. SwinglerThis Report makes no recommendations. It records the results of experiments undertaken by the Road Research Laboratory to test the durability of reflective number plates in constant use. These showed that the planes retained a good proportion of their reflective power after two years' use.
The Report will be studied with other relevant material by the Lighting Working Party before they make recommendations on the use of reflectorised number plates.