HC Deb 20 May 1977 vol 932 cc311-2W
Mr. Christopher Price

asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will consider the adoption of a MOT test certificate which could be displayed on vehicle windscreens.

Mr. Horam

A number of similar suggestions have been considered in the past,

Lessee Service Areas Opening Date
Trust Houses Forte Ltd … Scratchwood … Ml March 1969
Newport Pagnell … Ml November 1959
Woodall … Ml April 1968
Fleet … M3 June 1973
Gordano … M5 May 1973
Corley … M6 January 1972
Keele … M6 November 1963
Charnock Richard … M6 July 1963
Burtonwood … M62 August 1974
Granada Motorway Services Ltd. … Toddington … Ml May 1964
Woolley Edge … Ml January 1972
Heston … M4 February 1967
Leigh Delamere. … M4 January 1972
Frankley … M5 July 1966
Exeter … M5 Under construction
Southwaite … M6 July 1972
Birch … M62 November 1972
Washington-Birtley … A1(M) August 1970
Rank Leisure Services Ltd. … Farthing Corner. … M2 May 1963
Aust … M4 September 1966
Hilton Park … M6 March 1967
Knutsford … M6 July 1963
Forton … M6 January 1965
Ross Motorway Services Ltd. … Leicester Forest East … Ml February 1966
Membury … M4 February 1972
Hartshead Moor … M62 July 1973
Galleon Roadchef Ltd … Taunton Deane. … M5 June 1976
Sandbach … M6 December 1975
Rownhams … M27 June 1976
Kenning Motor Group … Strensham … M5 July 1962
Anderton … M61 April 1971
Blue Boar Group … Rothersthorpe. … Ml Under construction
Watford Gap … Ml November 1959
Mobil Oil Company Ltd. … Michael Wood. … M5 April 1971
Burton West … M6 October 1970
Mecca Ltd. … Trowell … Ml March 1967
BP Oil Company Ltd … Killington Lake. … M6 May 1972
Westmorland Motorway Services Ltd. … Tebay West … M6 June 1972

Mr. Rathbone

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what he considers to be a reasonable return on his Department's capital expenditure when deciding whether to accept or reject tenders for motorway concessions; and what part of

but I am not convinced that sufficient additional benefit would result from the adoption of such a system in terms of either road safety or the enforcement of compliance with vehicle testing requirements.