Clause 56
Road Safety Bill [Lords]
6:00 pm
Stephen Ladyman (Minister of State, Department for Transport; South Thanet, Labour)
I am glad that the hon. Gentleman recognises that it is a sensible measure. I was pretty horrified, as I think he was, to discover that a car could be modified so as not to be inspected and could go out on a public road. We need to move rapidly on that and to ensure that modified cars are inspected. As he says, we must ensure that the annual MOT test takes into account the fact that such cars have been modified. I am not entirely certain what the answer to the hon. Gentleman’s question is, but I shall undertake to check that the MOT includes that in the future, and that the change gives us the necessary powers to ensure that it takes place.