65. Mr. Gresham Cookeasked the Minister of Transport what plans he has to introduce further legislation to deal with the nuisance of overnight parking of lorries in residential areas.
§ Mr. MarshClause 141(1)(c) of the Transport Bill proposes to give local authorities wider powers to regulate traffic in the interests of amenity. In addition, Clause 65 as amended in Committee will enable licensing authorities to revoke, suspend or curtail operators' licences for frequent convictions for parking illegally.
These new provisions, together with their existing powers of traffic regulation, should be sufficient to enable local authorities to deal with any such problem.