HC Deb 09 March 1999 vol 327 c150W
38. Ms Rosie Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what steps he is taking to implement the new deal for motorists. [73450]

Dr. Reid

My Department, along with other departments, is taking forward the "New deal for Motorists" in a number of ways. These include increasing funds for road maintenance on both trunk and local roads, focusing investment on making the best use of the current road system, improving road and car safety, bringing forward proposals to regulate the private security industry to control cowboy wheelclampers, encouraging alternatives to car travel so as to reduce pollution, and taking forward various initiatives such as the Vehicle Crime Reduction Action team to help deter and detect vehicle theft and fraud.