§ Mr. Michael Brownasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he has any plans to announce emergency measures to enable motor cyclists to ride legally and with insurance cover, notwithstanding the fact that they have no provisional licence due to the civil servants' industrial dispute.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeA new clause has been added to the Transport Bill in Committee in the House of Lords to give the Secretary of State for Transport powers to make regulations allowing first-time applicants for provisional licences to start learning to drive or ride provided they have sent in their applications to Swansea. We are in touch with the insurance market and are confident that the necessary insurance cover will be provided as soon as the regulations come into operation. Anyone who has already held a licence is entitled to drive once he or she has sent in an application and provided they are not medically unfit or disqualified.