Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Debate between Baroness Hamwee and Lord St John of Bletso
Lords Hansard - part one
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Committee stage
Monday 8th November 2021
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Monday 8th November 2021
(2 years, 5 months ago)
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Lord St John of Bletso (CB)
My Lords, I am afraid that I take a converse view on this. London has a massive problem with increasing traffic congestion, and I do not believe that reducing the speed limit to 30 mph is going to bring the death rate down to zero. On the converse, one of the biggest problems in London is pedestrians crossing the road more transfixed on their mobile telephones than on watching oncoming traffic. I am not opposing this amendment; I am just saying that reducing the speed limit will not necessarily bring the death rate down to zero.
Baroness Hamwee (LD)
My Lords, I do not think that my noble friend is proposing to reduce the speed limit. It is about enforcement of whatever the speed limit is.