HC Deb 16 November 1972 vol 846 cc210-1W
Mr. R. C. Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether, in the interest of road safety, he will take steps to ensure that all containers should be twist-locked on to vehicles.

Mr. Peyton

Not all containers can be twist-locked, but the Code of Practice on the Safety of Loads of Vehicles, which have recently issued, specifies that containers equipped with corner castings should, so far as possible, be carried on vehicles fitted with twist-locks.