Mr. Harry Lee:

That is not the feedback I am getting. People purchase vehicles which are insured and then something happens. I remember a case I dealt with last year in which an insurance company asked me to look at a vehicle which had been written off by a previous insurance company and involved in an accident. When it went for repair in a garage, there were issues and I was asked to have a look at it. When the front part was stripped off, we realised it had been involved in a serious accident. There was evidence that the chassis leg and sub-frame had been repaired and certain other bits of the chassis were missing. The vehicle had been insured by an insurance company. The number of such vehicles may be low, but the fact is that there are a number of them. If there are certain tests, there is a ripple effect such that when people, especially in the motor trade, bring vehicles to be tested, they will know the tests which have to be passed and that the vehicle will have to be at a certain standard, as otherwise they will be caught. I do not believe this means more work for me or my colleagues, for whom I do not speak. It is an issue for NCT and CVRT to carry out tests and if something is spotted or needs further investigation, that is when one should bring somebody else in from outside. There is a difference between the role of testers which is very important and that of independent motor engineers. When serious work is being carried out, whether it be repairs, a conversion or modification, the assessor should be involved from the start. When a vehicle is brought to a test centre, one cannot see everything. There has to be someone to whom the people doing the work can go when they are not 100% sure about what work needs to be done.