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Commons Chamber
Trailer and Towing Safety - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Karin Smyth (Lab - Bristol South) In July 2017 the National Trailer and Towing Association introduced the free safety checks initiative—the - Speech Link
2: Karin Smyth (Lab - Bristol South) Over the past five years, the all-party parliamentary group on trailer and towing safety has worked steadfastly - Speech Link
3: Guy Opperman (Con - Hexham) and Towing Association’s Trailer Safety Week in June 2023.The hon. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 - Tue 14 Dec 2021
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) Essentially, training will improve.My officials have met the trailer and towing safety advisory group - Speech Link
2: Baroness Randerson (LDEM - Life peer) and Towing Safety shares those concerns. - Speech Link
3: None We cannot be certain that the towing of a trailer was a factor in the incident at all or whether it was - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 - Mon 13 Dec 2021
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Trudy Harrison (CON - Copeland) My officials have met with the all-party parliamentary group on trailer and towing safety to develop - Speech Link
2: Trudy Harrison (CON - Copeland) We will draw attention to the importance of motorists doing safety checks whenever they are towing. - Speech Link
3: Karin Smyth (LAB - Bristol South) I rise to speak on behalf of my constituents, but also as chair of the all-party towing and trailer safety - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
HGV Driving Tests - Wed 01 Dec 2021
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen (Non-affiliated - Life peer) to drive a car and trailer to get professional training, to promote road safety and support those businesses - Speech Link
2: Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen (Non-affiliated - Life peer) At the moment, I have to reverse a trailer into a tiny space by our carport, and I can do it. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 24 Nov 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Nigel Huddleston (CON - Mid Worcestershire) online one; I am sure he will be aware of the work we are doing, with cross-party support, on online safety - Speech Link
2: Virginia Crosbie (CON - Ynys Môn) to do this is the Online Safety Bill? - Speech Link
3: Karin Smyth (LAB - Bristol South) In 2014, my constituent’s three-year-old son Freddie Hussey was killed by an unsafe trailer. - Speech Link
4: Karl McCartney (CON - Lincoln) Restoring the grant to 2019-20 levels is imperative to the safety of my constituents, whether in vehicles - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Points of Order - Tue 16 Nov 2021
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Karin Smyth (LAB - Bristol South) I rise as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on trailer and towing safety in reference to what - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2021 - Tue 09 Nov 2021
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: None we will draw attention to the importance of motorists doing safety checks whenever they are towing. - Speech Link
2: None a person may then take a test for the articulated or trailer-towing vehicle. - Speech Link
3: None The issue then becomes how you disaggregate the fact that the vehicle was towing a trailer from it being - Speech Link
4: None Some of these incidents would be people towing around their garden waste in a 750-kilogram trailer. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
HGV Driving Licences - Mon 08 Nov 2021
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Richard Fuller (CON - North East Bedfordshire) I should mention that I am a member of the all-party group on trailer and towing safety. - Speech Link
2: Karin Smyth (LAB - Bristol South) enforcement of towing and trailer safety. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 04 Nov 2021
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Thangam Debbonaire (LAB - Bristol West) corruption, and we and the Government are back there again. - Speech Link
2: Jacob Rees-Mogg (CON - North East Somerset) robust, and that are seen to be fair and robust. - Speech Link
3: Pete Wishart (SNP - Perth and North Perthshire) What an absolute and utter mess, and I am not entirely sure that it has been much helped and assisted - Speech Link
4: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) As a result, I had a conversation with the chair of the all-party group on trailer and towing safety, - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
HGV Driver Shortages - Mon 13 Sep 2021
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Grant Shapps (CON - Welwyn Hatfield) We are always, front and centre, most concerned about road safety; the hon. - Speech Link
2: Mary Robinson (CON - Cheadle) To get people to go into the industry, they need to have the security and the safety for themselves and - Speech Link
3: Mike Amesbury (LAB - Weaver Vale) Actually, this measure has a really detrimental effect on health and safety. - Speech Link
4: Karin Smyth (LAB - Bristol South) and towing safety, to secure an amendment to legislation following the tragic death of a toddler in - Speech Link