Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on the definition of (a) urban buses and (b) coaches in the Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) Regulations 1993 (S.I., 1993/76), as amended.

We have not received any representations about the definition of urban buses or coaches. There have been a small number of letters over a sustained period of time to Ministers and the Department about this subject, particularly about children wearing seat belts in buses and coaches.