§ Mr. Derek Spencerasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will introduce legislation requiring milk floats to be fitted with alarms that emit an audible warning when the vehicle reverses.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyRegulations were made last year to permit the use of audible reversing alarms on all goods vehicles over 2 tonnes gross weight. This includes milk floats. I believe it is best that individual operators should decide whether to fit alarms to their vehicles, bearing in mind patterns of operation.