§ Mr. Bradleyasked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will make a statement on matters discussed at the Council of Transport Ministers of the European Community which met on 20 February.
§ Mr. William RodgersThe only inland transport item on the agenda was the proposal to which I referred to in my reply on Monday 27 November 1978 to my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne, Central (Mr. Cowans) for a directive on the harmonisation of the laws relating to motor vehicle driving licences.—[Vol. 959, c.93–4.] I explained the road safety reasons why the United Kingdom could not accept a directive extending to lorries and buses, and, in the light of this, discussion was adjourned.