Wheeled Goods Vehicles - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 11:06 am on 13 December 2018.

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Photo of Baroness Gardner of Parkes Baroness Gardner of Parkes Conservative 11:06, 13 December 2018

The Minister may be aware that the typical cases at the moment are the mixers and tippers—heavy goods lorries that are exempt. It is the front wheel that hits you if you are on a bicycle and too near, but when you get dragged under the vehicle, the back wheel is the one that kills you. It is better to abolish this exemption, particularly as companies such as CEMEX, the Mexican cement-mixing firm, have deliberately and carefully put these barriers on, although they are not required; CEMEX is trying to persuade other cement people to do it. But would it not be simpler and better for the Government to just change the regulations? Is the Minister able to tell us figures for fatalities and casualties?