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Road Safety Bill [HL]

I thank the noble Earl, Lord Attlee, for answering the question of the noble Baroness, Lady Hanham, on my behalf. If there is anything further to add I will write to her, but I believe that the paid instruction aspect is the key. In response to the noble Earl, I believe that there is an obligation on instructors to be in a position to be confident that the people they are instructing are in a position to go ahead with their test, but if someone wishes to go ahead my noble friend Lord Simon is right that they can do so but not with any vehicle in the ownership of the instructor. The noble Lord, Lord Mawhinney, made a good point about informed consumers. Perhaps I could take it away and give him a detailed answer on Report. On Question, amendment agreed to.