HC Deb 24 July 1978 vol 954 c524W
Mr. Fitch

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if the United Kingdom will ratify the United Nations Conventions on Road Traffic, Command Paper No. 4032, and Road Signs and Signals, Command Paper No. 4139, both of which were presented to Parliament in June 1969.

Mr. Horam

Most of the provisions of the conventions and the supplementary European agreements—Cmnd. 5097 and Cmnd. 5096—are already in force in the United Kingdom. We shall lay before Parliament a draft order to amend the provisions relating to driver licensing in the Motor Vehicles (International circulation) Order 1975. Subject to that approval, we propose to ratify the conventions, with reservations on some of the provisions to safeguard our particular needs and customs.

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