§ Mr. Simsasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he is satisfied that the standard of skills required to obtain a heavy goods vehicle licence is sufficiently high, in view of the increasing weight and numbers of goods vehicles using the roads.
§ Mrs. ChalkerYes. My right hon. Friend is satisfied that the prescribed heavy goods driving test on a class 1 vehicle is an adequate test of competence to drive the heaviest such vehicles now to be allowed on the road, in present day traffic conditions.