§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will table a commencement order pursuant to Section 24 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 to bring into operation provisions of the Act which make it an offence to park a vehicle on 148W a footway, grass verge or cetral reservation of an urban road.
§ Dr. GilbertBefore such an order can be introduced local authorities must be allowed time to prepare orders exempting from the ban those roads where footway parking should be allowed to continue.