§ 73. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will make a statement on his recent discussions with the European Economic Community on the question of heavy lorries.
§ Mr. SpeedI would refer the hon. Member to the reply my right hon. Friend gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow, Cathcart (Mr. Edward Taylor) on 15th November 1972, in answer to a similar Question.—[Vol. 846, c. 404–6.]
§ Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the number of convictions for overloading of heavy goods vehicles by county in 1970, 1971 and 1972 to the latest date.
§ Mr. PeytonThe information is not available by county. The table below shows successful summonses by DOE only by traffic areas:
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§ Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the number of convictions for drivers' hours offences for heavy goods vehicles by county in 1970, 1971 and 1972 to the latest date.
1970 1971 1972 (up to 31st October) Traffic Area Operator Driver Operator Driver Operator Driver Northern … 26 135 23 47 23 26 Yorkshire … 167 348 278 401 75 137 North Western … 36 136 43 122 123 162 West Midland … 134 225 106 229 137 239 East Midland … 374 444 332 509 238 358 Eastern … 102 160 49 112 31 76 South Wales … 26 170 18 35 21 84 Western … 21 108 67 140 45 67 South Eastern … 97 145 115 241 28 93 Metropolitan … 158 278 83 207 78 139 Scotland, South … 1 4 11 1 14 11 Scotland, North … 9 10 4 2 5 9