§ Mr. Robert BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to review legislation on the size and display of public and private signs.
§ Mr. KeyWe will shortly be placing before Parliament updated traffic signs regulations and general directions. These will offer a much wider range of signs than before—and of circumstances in which they can be used—and so reduce the need for traffic authorities to seek special authorisations from my Department, thereby substantially reducing bureaucracy. As a separate exercise we recently invited the views of a wide range of organisations on the procedures currently in place for approving the use of white-on-brown tourist signs. I am now considering how the procedures might be changed in the light of the responses to this consultation.