HC Deb 27 October 1983 vol 47 c176W
Mr. Janner

asked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) whether Her Majesty's Government will now support a directive requiring the mandatory fitting of non-splintering passenger-retaining windscreens in all new vehicles within the European Community;

(2) whether he will introduce legislation to make the fitting of non-splintering passenger-retaining windscreens mandatory in all new vehicles.

Mrs. Chalker

Regulations at present allow windscreens to be of toughened glass, which provides adequate protection for the belted occupants of passenger cars. I would not support a directive requiring laminated windscreens in all new vehicles and am writing to the hon. and learned Gentleman to explain my reasons in detail.