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Road Safety Bill [HL]

I shall not dissuade the noble Baroness from undertaking her researches on where the law stands on this matter. I have no doubt that that is of benefit to the whole Committee. However, I sought to emphasise that existing legislation provides for the fact that if the driver can demonstrate that he drove the vehicle on the basis of assurances from the employer that it was a safe vehicle, but it proved not to be, the driver would not be prosecuted; rather the owner of the vehicle would be prosecuted. However, no doubt we shall return to these issues.