Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 08 Jan 2019
Seaborne Freight
"My Lords, I understand that international haulage operators are today threatening to drop their channel business because of the risk of customs delays and that those who remain are upping their costs by 5%. Can the Minister confirm this? And how can the Ramsgate-Ostend freight service be viable when the …..."Lord Campbell-Savours - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 07 Jan 2019
Drones: Consultation Response
"My Lords, is it not strangely ironic that we can send a man to the moon and around the moon and we can send starships into outer galaxies but we cannot knock out a little bit of equipment not much bigger than a football which is run by four propellers? …..."Lord Campbell-Savours - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 07 Jan 2019
Drones: Consultation Response
"My Lords, I go back to the question of netting. I cannot see the point in an exclusion zone being widened if the resources are not there to enforce it. We know that these zones are already being breached, as was shown in this latest incident. There are airport workers …..."Lord Campbell-Savours - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 07 Jan 2019
Drones: Consultation Response
"The drone’s flight was some 14 minutes. I understand that the maximum speed of these drones is about 50 miles per hour; helicopters can travel at 200 miles per hour, so what was the problem? I still think that the Minister is not getting the right answers from her officials...."Lord Campbell-Savours - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 20 Dec 2018
Gatwick Airport
"My Lords, two years ago, on 28 February 2017, I raised the existence of signal jamming equipment operational at a distance of 2,000 feet. In reply the then Minister for transport said he would take the issue up with officials, saying:
“We will be raising his specific point with manufacturers”.—[ …..."Lord Campbell-Savours - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 17th September 2018
Asked by:
Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many vehicles have been clamped for non-payment of road tax in each year since 2011.
Answered by Baroness Sugg
The volume of vehicles clamped or impounded for non-payment of road tax for each financial year from 2011 is detailed in the table below.
2011-12 | 76,479 |
2012-13 | 54,998 |
2013-14 | 56,249 |
2014-15 | 77,404 |
2015-16** | 115,435 |
2016-17 | 146,405 |
2017-18 | 160,009 |
2018-19* | 68,645 |
*please note: 2018-19 figures are up to and including August 2018.
** the paper tax disc was abolished in October 2014.
Written Question
Monday 17th September 2018
Asked by:
Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the use of a segmented windscreen triple disc to indicate the date of expiry of MOT, insurance and road fund tax each separately.
Answered by Baroness Sugg
The Government believes that the use of technology is a more effective way of preventing and detecting the unlawful use of untaxed, uninsured and untested vehicles. The police has access to the information held by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and the insurance industry to allow them to check compliance at the roadside.
Therefore, there are no plans to introduce a windscreen disc to indicate the expiry date of MoT, insurance and vehicle excise duty.
Written Question
Friday 14th September 2018
Asked by:
Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they are giving to the return of the windscreen tax disc.
Answered by Baroness Sugg
The Government has no plans to re-introduce the tax disc.
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and other enforcement agencies use the DVLA’s electronic vehicle information to confirm that vehicle excise duty has been paid.
Written Question
Friday 14th September 2018
Asked by:
Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any reconsideration of road fund tax disc compliance policy is taking place following publication of the most recent DVLA annual report.
Answered by Baroness Sugg
More than 98 per cent of vehicles on the road are currently taxed and as the annual report shows the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) continues to collect approximately £6 billion in tax each year. This shows the overwhelming majority of motorists tax their vehicles on time.
The DVLA has a comprehensive package of measures to tackle vehicle excise duty evasion. These are kept under constant review and range from reminder letters, penalties and court prosecutions through to the use of Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras, wheel clamping and the removal of unlicensed vehicles.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 05 Jun 2018
Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill
"My Lords, I wanted to concentrate my remarks on the final group of amendments, but I will intervene briefly on this one. We should be told—perhaps I could have the Minister’s attention—who is actually objecting. We have just been told that local authorities may have concerns, but are private companies, …..."Lord Campbell-Savours - View Speech
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