HC Deb 18 June 1980 vol 986 c577W
Mr. Goodlad

asked the Minister of Transport if he has any proposals for the harmonisation of laws governing trailers drawn by motor coaches with similar laws in other European Economic Community countries ; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

There are no proposals to harmonise the laws governing separate trailers drawn by motor coaches. However, a small number of articulated buses of the type often seen in other European countries, which are vehicles and trailers of a rather specialised kind, are undergoing trials in this country and powers are being sought in the Transport Bill to allow their more general use.