§ 56. Mr. J. H. Osbornasked the Minister of Transport if he will tabulate his estimate of the number of vehicle miles, covered by all types of vehicle for each month of the current year, and in total in this country; and how these figures compare with those for the last two years.
Mr. Bob BrownAs the answer contains a number of figures, I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
Following is the latest information available:
VEHICLE MILES RUN BY ALL MOTOR TRAFFIC IN GREAT BRITAIN 1969 Percentage changes Million vehicle miles 1967 to 1969 1968 to 1969 January 8,560 + 9.8 + 5.6 February 7,240 - 5.5 -10.9 March 9,340 + 3.8 - 0.2 April 9,890 + 8.7 + 1.5 Total January to April 35,030 + 4.4 - 0.9
§ Mr. Oakesasked the Minister of Transport (1) what steps he is taking in the interests of consumer protection to protect the purchaser of a motor vehicle from false information as to the mileage of the vehicle by the vendor or his agent tampering with the milometer;
(2) if he will introduce regulations to ensure that the mileage of a motor vehicle 3W is endorsed on the test certificate and that this information is copied into the log book of a vehicle by the issuing authority when a road fund licence is applied for.
Mr. Bob BrownIt would not be appropriate to make regulations for this purpose: there could be no assurance that the figure so officially recorded was a true record of the vehicle's mileage. However, as a guide, we have made arrangements for showing car mileage on the test certificate form which has recently been reprinted and is now in use in many garages.