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Road Safety Bill [HL]

I agree with that. This is access to a person’s driving record for an employer who wishes to   take on a professional driver. Whether he is an oil-tanker driver, an MoD driver or any other type of driver, employers still have the same responsibility for   road safety accidents—they may be carrying dangerous goods or whatever. I would have thought that it was equitable that every employer should have access to this record on the same basis. Perhaps my noble friend can consider before the next stage of the Bill how that could be done because we will probably want to explore further the issue.