§ Mr. Peter Walkerasked the Minister of Transport in view of the proposals contained in the Transport Bill to eliminate from licensing vehicles not exceeding 30 hundredweight, if he will arrange to make available a one-year 177W licence at a fee of 10s. per vehicle, instead of requiring a five-year licence at a fee of £1 10s.
§ Mr. MarshI have no power to reduce the currency period of C licences to one year. Apart from this, fees for carriers licences are intended to cover the administrative costs of the licensing system and the cost of issuing a licence for one year would not be significantly less than the cost of issuing it for five year.