§ Lord Glentoranasked Her Majesty's Government:
What they intend to do about the increasing number of vehicles abandoned by the roadside. [HL851]
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§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Whitty)We will be consulting very shortly on a package of measures to help local authorities deal with the abandoned vehicles problem. The main proposals are to reduce the notice periods used by local authorities so that abandoned vehicles can be removed more quickly; enable local authorities to use DVLA's powers to remove unlicensed vehicles and to provide better access for them to DVLA's records; promote exchanges of best practice between local authorities; and, in the longer term, bring forward changes to vehicle registration and licensing procedures to ensure greater accuracy of DVLA's vehicle record.