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Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 16 July 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Gordon Prentice. The answering member was Jim Fitzpatrick.

Road Safety

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on road safety and young people.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
479 c67-88WH 
Session
2007-08
Department
Department for Transport
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Mark Hunter | 479 c78WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention; I am pleased to see that we are at one on that part...
David Leslie Taylor | 479 c78WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way, and I agree most strongly with his point that we...
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Speaker | 479 c78WH (Link to this contribution) Mr. Hunter, it is just as well that we did not have other hon. Members who wanted to speak, but it i...
Mark Hunter | 479 c77WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his further intervention. I agree absolutely and encourage the Minist...
David Leslie Taylor | 479 c77WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way and for raising the point that I put to him a mom...
Mark Hunter | 479 c77-8WH (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman will just let me make my point, I will allow him to intervene. Although I appr...
Mark Hunter | 479 c76-7WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his second intervention. I did hear the point the first time. For the...
Paul Flynn | 479 c76WH (Link to this contribution) It is important that we nail that particular blind alley, because it is not a solution. The Transpor...
Speaker | 479 c73WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Prentice. I intend to give the Front Benchers ample time to speak, so I should like t...
Gordon Prentice | 479 c72-3WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed. I was making the point that we can look to sister democracies—Canada is a very good example—...
Louise Ellman | 479 c74WH (Link to this contribution) We might, as the hon. Gentleman says, be talking about a minority of drivers, but the statistics sho...
Mark Hunter | 479 c73-4WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to contribute to today's debate with you in the Chair, Mr. ...
Paul Flynn | 479 c75WH (Link to this contribution) The Transport Committee's report concluded that improving skills would not result in any necessary i...
Mark Hunter | 479 c75-6WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the intervention and I take the hon. Gentleman's point, but whatever the subject t...
Mark Hunter | 479 c74WH (Link to this contribution) I certainly do not demur from what the hon. Lady says, and that point will be brought out in my comm...
David Leslie Taylor | 479 c75WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend the Member for Pendle made a magnificent 30-minute speech, but was unable to include ...
Mark Hunter | 479 c75WH (Link to this contribution) Like the hon. Member for Pendle, I am beginning to think that my speech must have been stolen in adv...
Bob Spink | 479 c68WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will be aware that tragically, about 14 young people are killed on our roads ever...
Gordon Prentice | 479 c68WH (Link to this contribution) I do not know the circumstances and will not venture into speculation about what happened in Leicest...
Gordon Prentice | 479 c68WH (Link to this contribution) Yes; I am coming on to that. It is true that young people feature disproportionately in accidents. T...
Philip Hollobone | 479 c68WH (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Gentleman aware that for the period 1981 to 2004, the most common cause of death in Brit...
Gordon Prentice | 479 c68WH (Link to this contribution) Mr. Hancock, my script has been stolen—I must not give way again—but I am coming to that point. I h...
Louise Ellman | 479 c68-9WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. Does he agree with the general conc...
Gordon Prentice | 479 c69WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, I agree with the Chair of the Transport Committee. Unfortunately the Government are not prepare...
Paul Flynn | 479 c69WH (Link to this contribution) It is not demons; it is adolescence and testosterone that lead to accidents. Thirty years ago, when ...
Gordon Prentice | 479 c70WH (Link to this contribution) I am in total agreement with my friend. Road safety is rarely out of the news, as he will know. Only...
Bob Spink | 479 c70WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Gordon Prentice | 479 c70WH (Link to this contribution) I do not want to demonise young people, but I dare say that it is a question not just of drink but o...
Bob Spink | 479 c70WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is being generous. Does he acknowledge that there may also be a risk that those y...
Gordon Prentice | 479 c70WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, for the second time, but then I really must make some progress.
John Leech | 479 c71WH (Link to this contribution) If the Government are not keen on graduated driving licences, could the insurance industry take a le...
Gordon Prentice | 479 c71WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed, but it raises the question: how would that be enforced to prevent people from driving withou...
Louise Ellman | 479 c71WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is correct in pointing to a section of the Committee's report that referred to a part...
Gordon Prentice | 479 c71WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed. The Government have listened to much of what the Transport Committee said, and I do not want...
Janet Anderson | 479 c72WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate on an important issue in our part of east Lanc...
Gordon Prentice | 479 c71-2WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed. I just do not know how they afford it. But they do—they get the money from somewhere. Befor...
Gordon Prentice | 479 c68WH (Link to this contribution) It was a good speech; I was very ready to listen to it.
Speaker | 479 c68WH (Link to this contribution) That was very close to a speech, Mr. Taylor.
David Leslie Taylor | 479 c67-8WH (Link to this contribution) The accident was in north-east Leicestershire, and I represent North-West Leicestershire, not far aw...
Gordon Prentice | 479 c67WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome the opportunity to debate road safety and young drivers. My friends the Members for Hyndbu...
Robert Goodwill | 479 c80-2WH (Link to this contribution) Those initiatives may have been seen as bold plans when they were introduced, but they are seen as p...
Jim Fitzpatrick | 479 c83WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to see you presiding over this debate, Mr. Hancock. I congratulate my hon. Friend ...
Paul Flynn | 479 c80WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman would probably agree that the two great improvements in road safety in recent yea...
Gordon Prentice | 479 c85WH (Link to this contribution) The British School of Motoring, which knows about these things, tells us that the most sensible way ...
Jim Fitzpatrick | 479 c85-6WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend mentions that driving organisation; he also described measures in other countries. Th...
Paul Flynn | 479 c83WH (Link to this contribution) In her final remarks to the Transport Committee, Gwyneth Dunwoody mentioned the urgency of the matte...
Jim Fitzpatrick | 479 c83-5WH (Link to this contribution) I hope that we will be able to achieve the objective that my hon. Friend the Member for Newport, Wes...
Gordon Prentice | 479 c87WH (Link to this contribution) I think that my friend is in danger of overcomplicating things. The fact is, there is a downward tre...
Paul Flynn | 479 c86WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister has just said that that will take several years to complete. I think that that chilled ...
Jim Fitzpatrick | 479 c86-7WH (Link to this contribution) A moment ago, I said to my hon. Friend that we are persuaded that introducing such restrictions at a...
Jim Fitzpatrick | 479 c87-8WH (Link to this contribution) I personally have not had a discussion with our right hon. Friend. However, the consultation documen...
Speaker | 479 c88WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister, the hon. Member for Pendle (Mr. Prentice), and everyone else here for the cour...
Robert Goodwill | 479 c78-80WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Pendle (Mr. Prentice) on securing this debate. It is the second t...
Subjects
Death Accidents Cars Driving Injuries Training Young people Safety Roads
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