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Road Safety Bill [Lords]

My hon. Friend’s constituency almost neighbours mine. Yes, the Leicester Mercury has an excellent record of campaigning on such tragic events. The Weir family of Donisthorpe in North-West Leicestershire, whose teenage son, a pedestrian, was killed late at night by a lorry driver who died of a heart attack some weeks later, were unable to get to the bottom of the evidence because of the lack of a charge. They will never know precisely and unambiguously what happened, because the inquest procedure was inadequate. They would certainly love to see such an offence on the statute book, although it will do nothing to ease their hurt.