Public Bill Committees
Road Safety Bill

• Road Safety Bill [Lords], 1st sitting (16 speeches)
  [Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Road safety grants (25 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 15, in page 1, line 13, at end add— ‘()Before making a grant under this section to any body which is not a local authority, the relevant national transport...
  • Clause 2 - Application of surplus income from safety camera enforcement (27 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 18, in clause 2, page 1, line 17, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.
  • Clause 3 - Graduated fixed penalties (26 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 20, in clause 3, page 2, line 16, at end insert— ‘()the time of day it was committed,’.
• Road Safety Bill [Lords], 2nd sitting (7 speeches)
  [Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair]
  • Clause 3 - Graduated fixed penalties (2 speeches)
    Question proposed [this day], That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 4 - Graduated fixed penalty points (3 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 17 - Penalty points (49 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 55, in clause 17, page 21, line 25, leave out ‘“2-6’ and insert ‘“1-6’.
  • Clause 18 - Speed assessment equipment detection devices (28 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 57, in clause 18, page 21, line 35, leave out ‘detection’ and insert ‘interference’.
  • Clause 19 - Exemptions from speed limits (9 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 62, in clause 19, page 23, line 23, at end insert— ‘(c)is operating blue flashing lights.’. This is an interesting clause, and we sympathise with...
  • Clause 5 - Giving of fixed penalty notices by vehicle examiners (19 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 13, in clause 5, page 3, line 24, at end add— ‘()Schedule 1 shall not come into force until regulations introducing a code of practice for vehicle...
• Road Safety Bill [Lords], 3rd sitting (2 speeches)
  [Janet Anderson in the Chair]
  • Clause 8 - Driving record (24 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 32, in clause 8, page 5, line 17, leave out paragraph (e).
  • Clause 9 - Unlicensed and foreign drivers (10 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Schedule 2 - Endorsement: unlicensed and foreign drivers (8 speeches)
    Question proposed, that this schedule be the Second schedule to the Bill.
  • Clause 10 - All drivers (9 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 11 - Financial penalty deposits (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 49, in clause 11, page 9, line 26, at end insert— ‘(c)that the motor vehicle is not registered in the United Kingdom, and (d)that the person is not...
• Road Safety Bill [Lords], 4th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Janet Anderson in the Chair]
  • Clause 11 - Financial penalty deposits (25 speeches)
    Amendmentmoved [this day]:No. 49, in clause 11, page 9, line 26, at end insert— ‘(c)that the motor vehicle is not registered in the United Kingdom, and (d)that the person is not...
  • Clause 12 - High risk offenders: medical enquiries following disqualification (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 13 - Period of endorsement for failure to allow specimen to be tested (36 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 14 - Alcohol ignition interlocks (6 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 15 - Experimental period for section 14 (1 speech)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 16 - Retro-reflective markings (15 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 95, in clause 16, page 21, line 14, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall, by 2007,’.
• Road Safety Bill [Lords], 5th sitting (4 speeches)
  [Janet Anderson in the Chair]
  • Clause 20 - Causing death by careless, or inconsiderate, driving (88 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 1, in page 24, line 36, column 4, leave out ‘the statutory maximum’ and insert ‘12 months (in England and Wales) or six months (in Scotland) or the...
  • Clause 21 - Causing death by driving: unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured drivers (10 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 90, in clause 21, page 25, leave out lines 22 and 23.
• Road Safety Bill [Lords], 6th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair]
  • Clause 21 - Causing death by driving: unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured drivers (23 speeches)
    Before I ask the right hon. Member for East Yorkshire (Mr. Knight) to resume his remaining few remarks, may I indicate to the Committee that I have an instinct that we will make extremely rapid...
  • Clause 22 - Offence of keeping vehicle which does not meet insurance requirements (9 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 64, in clause 22, page 27, line 20, at end insert— ‘(d)at the relevant time the vehicle has a Statutory Off Road Notification.’. I am aware of your...
  • Schedule 4 - New Schedule 2A to the Road Traffic Act 1988 (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That this schedule be the Fourth schedule to the Bill.
  • Clause 23 - Careless, and inconsiderate, driving (1 speech)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 24 - Breach of requirements relating to children and seat belts (6 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 89, in clause 24, page 31, line 13, at end add ‘insert in column (6) (Endorsement) “discretionary” and in column (7) (penalty points)...
  • Clause 25 - Using vehicle in dangerous condition etc. (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 66, in clause 25, page 31, line 33, at end add— ‘(3)Subsection (1) does not apply to an employee driving a vehicle owned by his employer in connection with...
  • Clause 26 - Breach of requirements as to control of vehicle, mobile telephones etc. (27 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 67, in clause 26, page 32, line 5, after ‘device’, insert ‘except in circumstances where a motor vehicle with a manual gearbox is placed in neutral...
  • Clause 29 - Breach of duty to give information as to identity of driver etc. (7 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 68, in clause 29, page 33, line 28, leave out ‘“6”’ and insert ‘“3-6”’. Clause 29 amends part 1 of schedule 2 of the...
  • Clause 30 - Meaning of driving without due care and attention (3 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 32 - Alternative verdict on unsuccessful culpable homicide prosecution (9 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 69, in clause 32, page 34, line 29, at end add— ‘(d)an offence under section 3 of that Act (careless driving).”’.
  • Clause 34 - Penalty points (9 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 71, in clause 34, page 35, line 20, leave out ‘seven’ and insert ‘three’. The clause enables the courts to offer offenders convicted of certain...
  • Clause 35 - Reduced qualification period for attendance on course (10 speeches)
    On a point of order, Sir Nicholas.
  • Clause 36 - Driving tests (11 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 6, in clause 36, page 44, line 26, after ‘tests”,’ insert— ‘(aa)in paragraph (b), after “conducted” insert “,...
  • Clause 37 - Disqualification until test is passed (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 84, in clause 37, page 46, line 4, after ‘fit’, insert ‘and make public their representations.”’. We want all the statements and...
• Road Safety Bill [Lords], 7th sitting (1 speech)
  [Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair]
  • Clause 39 (5 speeches)
    Driver training
  • Schedule 5 (1 speech)
    Driving instruction
  • Clause 41 (5 speeches)
    Tests: approved assistants 4.45 pm
  • Clause 42 (4 speeches)
    Enforcement authorities
  • Clause 43 (5 speeches)
    Registration plates
  • Clause 45 (6 speeches)
    Particulars to be included in vehicles register
  • Clause 47 (7 speeches)
    Disclosure to foreign authorities of licensing and registration information
  • Clause 48 (16 speeches)
    Trunk road picnic areas
  • Clause 49 (4 speeches)
    Development potentially affecting traffic over level crossings
  • Clause 50 (11 speeches)
    Increase of penalties for failure to comply with traffic lights at level crossings
  • Clause 51 (0 speeches)
    Increase of penalties for careless or inconsiderate driving causing damage to a railway or other bridge over a road
  • Clause 52 (2 speeches)
    Measures to promote road safety at railway and other bridges
  • Clause 53 (8 speeches)
    Power to impose requirements on traffic authorities as regards protective equipment at level crossings
  • Clause 54 (0 speeches)
    Stopping up and diversion of crossings
  • Clause 55 (0 speeches)
    Stopping up of roads crossing railways
  • Clause 56 (2 speeches)
    Vehicles modified to run on fuel stored under pressure
  • Clause 57 (1 speech)
    Powers to regulate transport of radioactive material
  • Clause 58 (4 speeches)
    Private hire vehicles in London
  • Schedule 6 (0 speeches)
    Repeals and Revocations
  • Clause 63 (0 speeches)
    Extent
  • Clause 64 (1 speech)
    Short title
  • New Clause 4 (0 speeches)
    Prohibition on driving: immobilisation, removal and disposal of vehicles ‘(1) In section 99A of the Transport Act 1968 (c.73) (powers to prohibit driving of vehicles in connection with...
  • New Clause 5 (20 speeches)
    Compulsory surrender of old-form licences ‘(1) In the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c.52), after section 98 insert— “98A Compulsory surrender of old-form licences (1) The Secretary of...
  • New Clause 6 (0 speeches)
    Fee for renewal of photocard licence and issue of certain alternative licences ‘(1) In section 99 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c.52) (duration of licence)— (a) in subsection (7)...
  • New Clause 30 (0 speeches)
    Safety arrangements at level crossings ‘(1) Section 1 of the Level Crossings Act 1983 (c.16) (safety arrangements at level crossings) is amended as follows. (2) For paragraph (a) of...
• Road Safety Bill [Lords], 8th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Janet Andersonin the Chair]
  • New Clause 3 (6 speeches)
    Court presentation officer ‘(1) Designated members of a relevant police constabulary shall, for the purposes of this section, have the powers and rights of audience of a Crown Prosecutor in...
  • New Clause 7 (18 speeches)
    Impact of the period of summer time on road safety ‘(1) The Secretary of State shall report on the impact of the period of summer time on road safety. (2) The first report under this...
  • New Clause 10 (14 speeches)
    Motorcycles in bus lanes ‘All bus lanes in the adjacent vehicle lane shall be open to use by motorcycles when buses are moving in the same direction as traffic.'. —[Mr. Paterson.]
  • New Clause 14 (14 speeches)
    Pedicabs ‘(1) The appropriate national authority may make regulations providing for— (a) the application of relevant enactments to pedicabs; and (b) the enforcement of relevant...
  • New Clause 15 (1 speech)
    Passenger side mirrors ‘All HGV vehicles, operating in the UK, must have a mirror positioned on the exterior of the vehicle on the passenger side, which enables the driver to have a full...
• Road Safety Bill [Lords], 9th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Sir Nicholas Wintertonin the Chair]
  • New Clause 15 (17 speeches)
    Passenger side mirrors ‘All HGV vehicles, operating in the UK, must have a mirror positioned on the exterior of the vehicle on the passenger side, which enables the driver to have a full...
  • New Clause 16 (5 speeches)
    Seizure of motor vehicles ‘(1) Where a constable in uniform has reasonable grounds for believing that a motor vehicle has been used on three or more occasions in a manner which contravenes...
  • New Clause 17 (5 speeches)
    Failing to stop at the scene of an accident Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 is amended as follows— (a) In section 170(4), in column 3, leave out...
  • New Clause 18 (6 speeches)
    Prohibition of retrofitting of bull bars ‘The Road Traffic Act 1988 is amended as follows—In section 41(2), after paragraph (l) insert— “(m) prohibiting the modification...
  • New Clause 20 (6 speeches)
    Vehicle data recording devices ‘(1) A Vehicle Data Recording Device (“VDRD”) is a device which records such data relating to the progress and manner of driving of a motor...
  • New Clause 21 (6 speeches)
    Road accident investigation service ‘(1) Within 12 months of the coming into force of this Act the Secretary of State shall by regulations establish a Road Accident Investigation Service...
  • New Clause 23 (8 speeches)
    Restrictions on new drivers ‘(1) The Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995 (c. 13) is amended as follows. (2) In section 1 (probationary period for newly qualified drivers), after subsection...
  • New Clause 28 (6 speeches)
    Reflective clothing ‘In the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52), after section 16 (wearing of protective headgear) insert— “16A Wearing of protective clothing The Secretary of State...
  • New Clause 29 (3 speeches)
    Removal of licence restrictions for diabetics ‘In section 7 of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Heavy Goods and Public Service Vehicles) Regulations 1990 (Statutory Instrument 1990 No...
  • New Clause 31 (3 speeches)
    HGV safety requirements ‘All HGV's, registered in the UK, shall, by 2007, be fitted with an audible warning system that shall sound if the driver exits the vehicle when the brakes are not...
  • New Clause 32 (10 speeches)
    Limousines ‘(1) The Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14) is amended as follows— (2) After section 1 insert— “1A Definition and classification of...
  • New Schedule 1 (5 speeches)
    Prohibition on driving: immobilisation, removal and disposal of vehicles