§ 48. Mr. James Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if, since his recent decision on vehicles for the disabled, he has studied the article in the March issue of Which?, the Consumers' Asociation magazine, a copy of which has been sent to him, dealing with such vehicles; and what action he proposes to take in the light of it.
§ Mr. AlisonThe matters referred to in this article are known to me. Some of the technical criticisms are accepted and I shall do my best to ensure that necessary improvements to the newly-designed vehicle are made as soon as possible. We are particularly conscious of the desirability of reducing the noise and the Department's engineers have for some time been examining this in collaboration with the Motor Industries Research Association. As my right hon. Friend explained in his reply to the hon. Member for Eccles (Mr. Carter Jones) on 8th March, the vehicles are safe and harm could be done by contrary allegations.—[Vol. 832, c.364.]