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Debate on bill on Monday, 6 November 2006, in the House of Commons.


Road Safety Bill (HL)

Road Safety Bill (HL). Programme motion (No 2) on proceedings on Lords message and subsequent stages. Agreed to on question (formal). Consideration of Lords messages. Commons amendment 1 not insisted on and amendments in lieu thereof agreed to. Commons amendment 5 insisted on and Lords amendments 5a and 5b disagreed to, on division (289 to 183). Commons amendment 6 agreed to on division ( 299 to 179). Committee appointed to draw up reasons to be assigned to Lords for disagreeing to certain of their amendments. Reasons reported and agreed to. Message sent to Lords with Bill and Amendments.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
451 c640-62 
Session
2005-06
Department
Department for Transport
Legislative stage
Lords amendments
Procedure
Programme motions
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Stephen Ladyman | 451 c641 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That this House does not insist on Commons amendment No. 1
David Drew | 451 c655 (Link to this contribution) Given that we know where the Italians stand and where we stand, it would be helpful to know the inte...
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Stephen Ladyman | 451 c653 (Link to this contribution) With the leave of the House, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I am struggling to find new ways of saying what I ...
Greg Knight | 451 c653 (Link to this contribution) I would like to probe that point a little further. The Minister said that he did not want clause 16,...
Stephen Ladyman | 451 c653-4 (Link to this contribution) I did indeed say that. My officials have gone away to reconsider the matter. They have talked to all...
Lord Deben | 451 c653 (Link to this contribution) Is not the Minister a victim of better-not-Minister syndrome? Has not some civil servant said to him...
Stephen Ladyman | 451 c654 (Link to this contribution) I explained the confusion about that, so the hon. Gentleman will be able to read my comments. Howeve...
Owen Paterson | 451 c654 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister therefore explain why the e-mail from the European Commission also says that"““the...
Stephen Ladyman | 451 c654 (Link to this contribution) As I understand it, we have to reach agreement on the European Commission directive on lighting inst...
Greg Knight | 451 c654 (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister finishes his speech, will he deal specifically with my point? If clause 16 were ...
Stephen Ladyman | 451 c653 (Link to this contribution) That is exactly what the Opposition are asking me to do—to acquiesce in bad law. I am telling the ri...
Stephen Ladyman | 451 c655 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that those countries intend to try to delay the measure. I am not sure that many of t...
Stephen Ladyman | 451 c643 (Link to this contribution) I am surprised that the right hon. Member for East Yorkshire (Mr. Knight) thinks that I have not bee...
Greg Knight | 451 c643 (Link to this contribution) I did not mean to accuse the Minister of having been bad-natured at any stage. What I said was that,...
Stephen Ladyman | 451 c643-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that clarification. The key point is that none of us wants cam...
Stephen Ladyman | 451 c644 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That this House insists on Commons amendment No. 5, to which the Lords have disagreed...
Stephen Ladyman | 451 c644-5 (Link to this contribution) Let me make some progress, and than I shall give way. I have also received correspondence in the pa...
Stephen Ladyman | 451 c645 (Link to this contribution) Well, infraction proceedings may have yet to start, but that does mean that they are not going to, a...
John McDonnell | 451 c645 (Link to this contribution) It would be nice to have clarity on this point. During the last discussion, the House was quaking in...
Stephen Ladyman | 451 c645-6 (Link to this contribution) First, we should ask ourselves what it is we would be able to do tonight. I take it that the Italian...
Jeremy Corbyn | 451 c645 (Link to this contribution) This is most helpful and we are obviously making progress. So just to tape it up finally, does my ho...
Robert Goodwill | 451 c649 (Link to this contribution) Even if the European Commission decided to take action against the United Kingdom, is it not the cas...
Owen Paterson | 451 c649 (Link to this contribution) That is probably a very pertinent point and my hon. Friend speaks with more knowledge than I do, hav...
Stephen Ladyman | 451 c646 (Link to this contribution) As I said, we will make that progress by mandating the tape’s use through the existing mechanisms an...
Owen Paterson | 451 c646-9 (Link to this contribution) We are making glacial progress on this extraordinary issue. We are talking about £100-worth of stick...
Jeremy Corbyn | 451 c646 (Link to this contribution) There is a difference between a treaty being broken and regulations in this country that merely requ...
Jeremy Corbyn | 451 c646 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend give way on that point?
David Drew | 451 c650 (Link to this contribution) I shall give way to my hon. Friend in the hope that he can convince me that my confusion can be put ...
David Drew | 451 c649-50 (Link to this contribution) I apologise for the fact that the issue is back before us once again, but I thank the Minister for s...
Alistair Carmichael | 451 c651 (Link to this contribution) Listening to the Minister, one would think that it was wholly without precedent for the United Kingd...
Stephen Ladyman | 451 c651 (Link to this contribution) The Loughborough report also said that those figures are based on the experience when vehicles with ...
Alistair Carmichael | 451 c651-2 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for that intervention. However, it does not detract from the fact that...
Lord Deben | 451 c652 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that, as the Minister has admitted that there is uncertainty in this m...
Stephen Ladyman | 451 c650 (Link to this contribution) I shall do my best to give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks. We are saying that we think t...
David Drew | 451 c650 (Link to this contribution) I understand what my hon. Friend has just said—
David Drew | 451 c650-1 (Link to this contribution) And I hear the question from the Opposition. That is my question, too: when? The notion of 2010, whe...
Greg Knight | 451 c652-3 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that I do not really accept the point about having to get the Bill through this evening ...
Alistair Carmichael | 451 c652 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman asked whether I agree, and, yes, I do. That seems an entirely sensible appr...
Greg Knight | 451 c642-3 (Link to this contribution) Those of us who have been involved in the debate on these measures in Committee and subsequently are...
David Kidney | 451 c642 (Link to this contribution) I just want to say that the new arrangements announced by the Government for next April are clearly ...
Owen Paterson | 451 c641-2 (Link to this contribution) In recent years, there has been a spectacular increase in penalty notices. I received a reply to par...
Stephen Ladyman | 451 c641 (Link to this contribution) Hon. Members will recall that during consideration of this Bill in another place, a clause was added...
Speaker | 451 c641 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to discuss Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu.
Subjects
Accidents Cameras EU law Fines Labelling Large goods vehicles Income International law Motor vehicles Roads Safety Safety measures Speed limits
Legislation
Road Safety Bill (HL) 2005-06
Link
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