§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will take steps to ensure that, when the licences for grading and weight certificating of lorries are applied for such, licences are only issued where evidence of road fund licence and insurances are produced.
§ Mr. PeytonNo. The procedures for plating and testing goods vehicles involve the production of a valid test certificate with an application for an excise licence. To reverse this procedure would be to abandon, without any compensating advantage, a simple means of enforcing this important safety measure.