§ Mr. Anthony Grantasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will set out in the Official Report the result of the investigation into imported tyres announced by the Minister for Transport on 27th October 1975.
§ Dr. GilbertFollowing Press reports last October alleging that imported car tyres which were unsafe for normal use were being sold in this country, garages and testing stations that carry out the MOT test were asked to inform the Department if they found any such tyres. Enquiries were also made of the companies mentioned in the Press reports. No evidence of the sale of such tyres was forthcoming until very recently when a commercial firm alleged to the Department that it had been sold a tyre of the sort referred to by the Press. I am now having this allegation investigated.