MOT Test (Hansard, 13 January 1994)

HC Deb 13 January 1994 vol 235 c256W 256W

§ Mr. Gareth Wardell
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish in theOfficial Report the date on which he intends to re-introduce the smoke emission test as part of the annual MOT test for motor vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the ways in which the new test differs from the previous one.

§ Mr. Key
The metered check of smoke is to be reintroduced into the MOT test on 1 February 1994. The procedure has been revised slightly to reduce the number of test cycles to which each engine is subject, and to reduce the amount of time that an engine spends at maximum revolutions.