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Road Safety Bill [HL]

My Lords, if it is under construction in the factory, that is the case. What is being argued here is that we should seek to get compliance across the board with vehicles, so we would expect other vehicles to come on-stream with the provision. Certainly, that is the European intention. There is no point in having safety regulations which apply only to a limited number of vehicles. I have heard what the noble Baroness said. I recognise that she thinks, first, that these costs matter very little to companies and, secondly, that the effect of her amendment would be to substantially improve road safety in this country in advance of European action on this. I merely contend that we are talking about very limited gains indeed.