Clause 17 - Penalty points
Road Safety Bill [Lords]
5:00 pm
Tom Harris (PPS (Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State), Department of Health; Glasgow South, Labour)
I have two quick points to make. It seems a very radical measure to base on purely anecdotal evidence. Secondly—the hon. Gentleman has been given notice of this question because I asked it of his Front Bench colleagues on Second Reading—can he name a single country in the world where an increase in the speed limit has led to a consequent reduction in road fatalities?