Question reference: S5W-15054
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 5 March 2018
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 March 2018
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on introducing legislation regarding the mandatory use of winter tyres.
Answer
The regulation governing the construction, weight, use and equipment of motor vehicles is a reserved matter. The Scottish Government has no plans to explore the introduction of legislation to make the use of winter tyres mandatory in Scotland at this time.
Whilst we know severe weather will cause disruption, this Government has taken a wide range of steps to assess and improve our resilience to the challenges of winter, to mitigate its impacts and to recover our transport networks and get businesses and daily life back to normal as quickly as possible. This has been done in partnership with a broad range of public, private and third sector partners and has included new investment, development and innovation - all learning the lessons from recent winters.