Mr B Pearson (Driving Licence)

Mr. Hardy
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will make arrangements to allow Mr. B. Pearson of Bevan Crescent, Maltby, Yorkshire, a disabled driver, to receive a licence to drive a three-wheeled motor vehicle which he was qualified to drive before being disabled.

Mr. Eldon Griffiths
I have no power to interfere with the decision of the local licensing authority, to grant only a provisional licence until Mr. Pearson has passed the necessary driving test: an appeal may be made to the magistrates' court. I sympathise with Mr. Pearson in his misfortune, but provision for a further driving test in certain circumstances is in the interests of disabled drivers themselves, their passengers and road users generally.