New Clause 5
Road Safety Bill [Lords]
6:30 pm
Stephen Ladyman (Minister of State, Department for Transport; South Thanet, Labour)
The proposal certainly will involve a huge task—there is no question about that. The intention is that the DVLA will deal with it as a one-off exercise over two years. We estimate that in 2008 there will be some 13 million paper licences still in circulation that will have to be changed over the two-year period.
The new licences will not be free. A small charge will have to be made for them, and that is covered in the new clauses. We estimate that it will be about £5 to £10.