Clause 2 - Graduated fixed penalties
Road Safety Bill
11:00 am
Mr Christopher Chope (Shadow Minister, Environment and Transport; Christchurch, Conservative)
I take the hon. Gentleman's point, but I do not believe that the words ''how serious it is'' in paragraph (b) are sufficiently precise. Who will judge that? How will the judgment be made? What criteria will apply? I believe that something specific about, say, the number of vulnerable road users and pedestrians in the vicinity at the time would be relevant to assessing the gravity of the offence, but that is not spelt out in the clause. Why should we as Parliament not take this opportunity to spell it out?