Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 22 July 2014, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 23 members in total.

---

NATIONAL ROAD VICTIM MONTH

That this House commends the national road safety charity RoadPeace for organising National Road Victim Month every August to remember those killed or injured on our roads; notes that August is a particularly poignant month since the first person ever killed in the UK by a car, Bridget Driscoll, died on 17 August 1896; further notes that there is an increased risk of children being injured or killed while on holiday from school and encourages increased caution; further notes that, according to Department for Transport figures for the year ending June 2013, there were 1,730 deaths and a further 21,800 serious injuries on UK roads; therefore supports the Secretary of State for Justice in launching a full review of all driving offences and penalties and announcing tougher punishments; and calls on the Government to go even further and suspend licences of those on bail for criminal driving offences, ensure driving bans do not run concurrently with prison sentences, and bring forward proposals to create a new offence for drug driving.

---

Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

289 

Session

2014-15

Other sponsors

Tim Farron

Alan Meale

Mark Durkan

Bob Russell

Jim Shannon

Subjects

Death Roads

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk