§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the present enforcement regime to deal with heavy goods vehicle operators who do not hold a current heavy goods vehicle operator's licence.
§ Mr. KeyI am satisfied that enforcement against illegal HGV operators has a sufficiently high priority within the Department's enforcement programme. Also that enforcement resources are being directed against making it increasingly difficult for people who do not hold a goods vehicle operator's licence and show a disregard for the requirements of operator licensing to continue to operate outside the licensing system.
The Department is committed to dealing with the problem of illegally operated heavy goods vehicles and its enforcement resources are being co-ordinated and directed
360Wproperty on privatised London bus routes; and how they will differ for the public from those now obtaining under London Transport.
§ Mr. NorrisThe current arrangements for dealing with lost property on London's buses are set out in the route contracts under which bus operators, both public and private, run services on behalf of London Transport. There are no plans to alter those arrangements as a result of the privatisation of the London Buses Ltd. subsidiary companies.