§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will be introducing measures requiring the installation of maximum speed limiters for coaches and heavy lorries.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyWork has now been completed within the British Standards Institution on a draft British standard for road vehicle speed limiters. We will be consulting interested parties early next year on draft regulations based on the standard, which will require speed limiters to be fitted to coaches. The regulations will apply first to new coaches and at a later date to coaches already in use. We have no plans at present to require speed limiters to be fitted to heavy lorries.