May 2019
Lord Berkeley (Lab)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many drivers using mobile phones while driving have been convicted of causing death or serious injury in the last five years; and what assessment they have made of whether drivers using hands-free or other mobile devices have a greater risk of causing an accident.
Paul Blomfield (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the extent of the use of the exceptional hardship exception for the sentencing of drivers who would otherwise be disqualified from driving.
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to reintroduce national road safety targets.
Ruth Cadbury (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the merits of NICE proposals for pedestrians, cyclists and people who use public transport to have priority over motorised transport when building roads; and what the role of public health bodies in such decisions should be.
Ruth Cadbury (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve road planning regulations to encourage cycling.
Steve Reed (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to promote cycling among school pupils.
Steve Reed (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to create safer cycling routes to schools.
Steve Reed (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will implement a safe routes to school programme to promote cycling and walking to and from school.
James Heappey (Con)
My constituent Jackie Luxon was 26 weeks pregnant at the time of a car crash that caused her baby to be stillborn. However, only the injuries caused to Mrs Luxon and her older daughter were relevant when charging and subsequently sentencing the driver whose dangerous driving caused the crash. The baby, Grace, got no justice at all. I understand from the police and stillbirth support groups that the Luxon’s tragic experience is, sadly, far from unique. Will the Prime Minister look again at the Road Traffic Act 1988 so that those who cause death to viable babies over 24 weeks’ gestation through dangerous driving can be held responsible for these tragic losses of life?
Susan Elan Jones (Lab)
Adjournment debate: Excessive Speeding and Driving Bans