December 2016
PQ from Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the DVLA’s system for assessing older drivers.
PQ from Ruth Cadbury (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if the Government will use revenues from the soft drinks industry levy to promote walking and cycling for school journeys.
PQ from Ruth Cadbury (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2016 to Question 53656, how has the recruitment campaign been extended; whether those posts have been re-advertised; and how many people responded to the initial advertisement.
Westminster Hall debate led by Barry Sheerman (Lab)
That this House has considered road traffic accident prevention.
PQ from Lord Wasserman (Con)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many police officers in England and Wales are employed full-time on road traffic or road safety duties.
Topical Question (Justice) from Chris Philp (Con)
In February this year, 21-year-old Croydon resident George Beresford was knocked over and killed by a drink-driver. Because the police and the Crown Prosecution Service were unable to prove that the drink-driver was also driving carelessly, he received only a relatively short driving ban, rather than a custodial sentence. I thank the Under-Secretary of State for Justice, my hon. Friend Mr Gyimah, for agreeing to meet the family this afternoon, but does he agree with me that the case should be considered as part of the consultation on driving offences, and that when a drink-driver kills someone, a custodial sentence is appropriate irrespective of whether careless driving can be proven?
PQ from Lord Laird
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have considered making mandatory the wearing by under-19 year olds of high-visibility clothing while cycling or walking on the roads network after dark; and if so, with what result.
PQ from Jim Fitzpatrick (Lab)
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many safer vehicles have been procured by each government department since the adoption of the Road Safety Statement.
PQ from Karen Lumley (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to promote the road safety message to pupils, particularly during periods of the year when the UK is not on daylight saving time.
PQ from Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what research they have conducted, and what discussions they have had with mobile phone providers, about the inclusion of software in mobile phones that would automatically shut phones down when a person is driving.
PQ from Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will consider withdrawing the latest THINK video, which warns cyclists about the dangers of left-turning lorries, and replace it with a video warning lorry drivers not to overtake cyclists and to hang back instead of turning left across them.
PQ from Lord Bradshaw (Lib Dem)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Think Bike Think Biker and Tiredness Kills campaigns, what plans they have to launch a campaign to encourage drivers to get their eyes tested.
PQ from Baroness Woolf (Crossbench)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there are any cycle lanes in the UK to which mobility scooters have full access; whether they have considered making this a condition for the construction of fixed cycle lanes; and whether there are any legislative barriers to providing such access.
Debate about handheld mobile phones used by drivers, propsoed by Baroness Pidding (Con)
That this House takes note of the case for adequate measures to ensure the reduction of road traffic accidents caused by motorists using handheld mobile devices whilst driving.
PQ from Greg Mulholland (Lib Dem)
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date she plans to launch her Department’s consultation on sentencing for dangerous driving.
PQ from Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the cycling and walking investment strategy.
PQ from Ian Austin (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons he did not exchange his details with the cyclist whom he was involved in a road incident with on 12 October 2016.
PQ from Ian Austin (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the incident between him and a cyclist on 12 October 2016 was reported to his Department’s Permanent Secretary.