§ 55. Mr. Marlandasked the Minister of Transport whether in view of the fuel crisis he will consider the possibility of lifting the weight restrictions on large lorries from 32 tons gross to 38 tons, as in Europe, in order to conserve fuel.
§ Mr. FowlerSuch a change could not make an immediate or significant contribution to the current shortage of diesel fuel. For the longer term, the relationship between lorry weights and fuel consumption is one of the matters which I have no doubt will be covered by the inquiry into lorries and the environment which I announced on 22 May.—[Vol. 967, c. 108.]