HC Deb 07 July 1969 vol 786 c185W
100. Mr. Dalyell

asked the Minister of Transport if he will make a progress report on the vehicle-testing station at Livingston New Town, West Lothian.

Mr. Marsh

In the first six months of the operation of the scheme for the plating and testing of goods vehicles which ended on 31st May, the Ministry's goods vehicle testing station at Livingston conducted 3,432 tests, of which 877 (26 per cent.) were failed. The ratio of passes to failures was slightly (3 per cent.) higher than the national average.