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If politics is all the about the art of the possibli just possible the Government will ignore the I coming report on road transport enforcement the all-party Transport Select Committe wouldn't be the first time—plenty of reports, in ing a fair few commissioned by HM Governm have ended their lives in a dusty drawer inside c servant's desk. Did we hear someone "Armitage"? The trouble with the latest report i! it's going to recommend change. And changE always been a dangerous word in politics. It's expected to call for more money to be put into t port enforcement, which is the last thing Department of Transport wants to hear right Recommendations are likely to include a call for random checks into would-be hauliers' backgroi apparently some have noses longer than PinnE when it comes to declaring past misdemear Existing hauliers can be equally forgetful wh comes to telling their local TAO about the odd loading offence or prohibition. In a world increas swamped with information technology, its bi; that Traffic Area Office staff can't get this inform by pressing a button. The committee could alsc the DOT to raise the level of money requirE demonstrate good financial standing, but that in won't make newcomers behave any better. The problem with the industry right now isn't how easy it is to get an 0licence, it's how easy it is for a bent operator to keep one. If politics is indeed the art of the possible then it's possible that the Select Committee's report will simply tell the DOT what it already knows—but has done nothing about. Will it spur the DOT ministers into action? Well, anything's possible.