§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what action he is taking to ensure that the deficiencies in tyre inflation and pressure are within safety limits ; and if he will seek powers to include pressure gauges within the definition of "measuring instruments", as defined in the Weights and Measures Act.
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§ Mr. PeytonThe answer to the first part is that appropriate discussions are being held ; to the second part, "No."
§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will seek powers to restrict the sale of motor car tyres to those types of tyre with a British Standard number.
§ Mr. PeytonNo.
§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will seek powers to control the remoulding of tyres.
§ Mr. PeytonNo.
§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will seek powers to ensure that all firms selling, fitting and repairing tyres should be approved and registered with a Government authority which would carry out regular inspection.
§ Mr. PeytonNo.
§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will launch a publicity campaign to educate motorists on tyre safety.
§ Mr. PeytonYes.
§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) whether he will lay down set standards and set up an official testing organisation for tyre approval ;
(2) whether he will lay down regulations to make it compulsory for all tyre manufacturers to state their name, size of tyre, type of tyre and other information upon tyres manufactured by them, and in particular to differentiate radial, crossply, textile-braced and steel-braced tyres.
§ Mr. PeytonNot until the EEC type approval scheme for tyres is adopted.
§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what action he proposes to take in the light of the fact that of 13,892 tyre gauges checked in 1972, 2,272 had errors of psi or more.
§ Mr. PeytonAppropriate discussions are being held with a view to improving existing arangements.