Seat belt law introduction recalled by Lord Fowler
The immortal phrase "clunk click every trip" makes many think of Sir Jimmy Saville, but it was a reluctant Conservative minister Norman Fowler who drove the legislation through Parliament 30 years ago.
Now Lord Fowler, he told Giles Dilnot why even he was not a supporter of the move at the time that became law in the Thatcher era.
This is part of a series of interviews, entitled Change Makers, in which the Daily Politics talks to people who have radically changed Britain.
21 May 2011
- From the section UK Politics