Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill
9:30 am
Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton, Labour)
Briefly, I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Blackley, who is a neighbour of mine in Greater Manchester, for the result that he has achieved and the outcomes that we hope for. I thank the Government for taking the Bill seriously.
The hon. Gentleman’s constituency and mine are separated by the M60, but are linked by a number of bridges that cross it. It is not the first time that I have been called out because of the nuisance caused by off-road vehicles criss-crossing back and forth over the motorway. It creates havoc in my community, not just through noise—over a whole weekend local people cannot get any peace—but by creating great damage to the environment. Some of that environment is precious to the local community. I thank my hon. Friend for putting the matter on the agenda, and I hope that he achieves the outcomes that he deserves.