HC Deb 28 April 1976 vol 910 cc102-3W
Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will issue a warning to all motorists of the dangers involved in taking a vehicle on the road after they have been served with a written warning by the tester, stating that in his view the vehicle is dangerously unroadworthy.

Dr. Gilbert

When the new procedure is introduced it will receive the usual publicity and the notice itself will include a warning of the risks involved in taking an unroadworthy vehicle on to the road.

Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will issue advice to motorists as to the procedure which any motorist should follow who is issued with a notice of dangerous unroadworthiness with which he disagrees.

Dr. Gilbert

No. The notice is advisory only. Motorists should, in their own interests, have the allegedly defective items checked.