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Road Safety Bill [HL]

I am not sure whether the Minister wishes to move his amendments in this group before I speak to our Amendment No. 49 but perhaps I should go ahead. In speaking to Amendment No. 49, I wish to question why Clause 14(1)(a) and (b) suggests that the experiment should last until 2010 or for as long as the Secretary of State may wish it to last. Although we may think that 2010 is roaring up on us it is still five years away, and five   years seems quite long enough to carry out any experiment and to report back on it without the Government having the latitude to extend it interminably, presumably by only an affirmative or negative order. The amendment seeks to delete paragraph (b) so that we know when the period of experimentation will finish.