Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to suspend driving licences immediately for people arrested on suspicion of driving offences carrying mandatory disqualification.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

This Government takes road safety seriously. We are committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads.

The Government is listening closely to the concerns of those affected by tragic cases of death or serious injury on our roads.

We are considering a range of policies under the new strategy; the first for 10 years. This includes the case for changing motoring offences.

More details will be published in due course.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that (a) long and (b) lifetime driving disqualifications are enforced.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Government takes road safety extremely seriously and is committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads. We have tough penalties and rigorous enforcement in place to deter offending behaviour.

The police have a suite of powers at their disposal to enforce driving disqualifications. Penalties for driving whilst disqualified can include vehicle seizure, fines and custodial sentences.

We expect individual Chief Officers to enforce road traffic law and manage how available resources are deployed, taking into account the specific local problems and demands with which they are faced.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much official development assistance funding she plans to provide to Yemen in each of the next five years.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Specific funding allocations in future years for individual programmes and countries will be confirmed in the usual way in due course.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much foreign aid she plans to grant to Yemen for the 2026-27 fiscal year.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Specific funding allocations in future years for individual programmes and countries will be confirmed in the usual way in due course.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to publish a consultation on the adequacy of fail to stop provisions in the Road Traffic Act 1988.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

This Government takes road safety seriously. We are committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads.

We are considering a range of policies under the new strategy; the first for 10 years. This includes the case for changing motoring offences, such as reporting and failure to stop and report road traffic collisions.

More details will be published in due course.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to penalise offenders who fail to remain at the scene of a serious road traffic collision.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

This Government takes road safety seriously. We are committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads.

We are considering a range of policies under the new strategy; the first for 10 years. This includes the case for changing motoring offences, such as reporting and failure to stop and report road traffic collisions.

More details will be published in due course.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reducing the 24-hour time period allowed to report road traffic collisions.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

This Government takes road safety seriously. We are committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads.

We are considering a range of policies under the new strategy; the first for 10 years. This includes the case for changing motoring offences, such as reporting and failure to stop and report road traffic collisions.

More details will be published in due course.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help reduce the number of young drivers killed in road traffic collisions.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

We absolutely recognise that young people are disproportionately victims of tragic incidents on our roads and continue to tackle this through our THINK! campaign.

We are considering measures to address this problem and protect young drivers, as part of our upcoming strategy for road safety - the first in over a decade.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has considered dissolving her Department's Migration and Conflict Directorate.

Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 11 July 2025 to Question 64725.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the Migration and Conflict Directorate in (a) preventing and (b) reducing conflict in priority contexts; what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of that Directorate in providing analysing to the (a) UK Integrated Security Fund and (b) other programmes.

Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 11 July 2025 to Question 64725.

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Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Emily Thornberry (Chair); Fleur Anderson; Alex Ballinger; Phil Brickell

Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Emily Thornberry (Chair); Fleur Anderson; Alex Ballinger; Phil Brickell

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