asked the Secretary of State, for Transport whether, in the light of two reports from the Transport Committee stating that no interested organisation has changed its fundamental opposition to the privatisation of testing and that the Committee believes that the present system within his Department should be retained, he will review his proposal to sell heavy goods vehicle testing stations to the private sector.

I have welcomed the Select Committee's valuable reports, and have taken up several of its recommendations. I have, however, no plans to modify my basic proposal to move the heavy goods vehicle testing stations out of the public sector.