Part of Road Safety Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 3:56 pm on 1 February 2005.
Christopher Chope
Conservative, Christchurch
3:56,
1 February 2005
The Minister asserts that because we have had the system for 40 years for car drivers, we should to extend it without further argument. The counter-argument is that we have managed for 40 years without implementing the system for other categories of vehicle. Have there been any complaints? Is there any reason to suppose that the market is not operating? I would have thought that it would be difficult to establish a business as an HGV driver trainer—most of the training would be for businesses—if one was not reasonably competent at it. What case are the Government putting forward, other than their obsession with increasing regulation?
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