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Road Safety Bill [HL]

I was not suggesting that one should reduce the qualification, the test requirements or the safety and quality of the test. We want to avoid adding extra bureaucracy and regulations, and to speed up the testing process. There is no difference between us and the Government on the quality of the test, on safety precautions and so on. We want to minimise bureaucracy and to provide opportunities for people to get on in new careers, particularly training bus drivers for example, rather than having to wait for a long while as a result of being over-regulated. I hoped that the Minister would agree with that. The more minimal the regulation, the better people can get on, take a quality test, pass it or fail it and move into a new career.