No special inspection
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IN the Commons last week, Mr. Geoffrey Wilson (Tory, Truro) asked about the measures of inspection taken to ensure that rigid goods vehicles from overseas coming into this country on roll-on/roll-off and other ferries possessed a short-term carrier's licence, as well as' a vehicle duty disc, and were properly insured to cover all normal risks.
He was told by Mr. Stephen Swingler, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, that no special inspection was made at ports of entry. but foreign :vehicles were liable to the normal roadside checks of excise and carriers' licences by the police and the department's enforcement staff.
Foreign hauliers had to produce evidence of statutory insurance cover when applying for an excise licence for a vehicle they intended to use in this country, added Mr. Swingler.