Road Maintenance Debate

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Department: Department for Transport
Tuesday 19th June 2018

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Sugg Portrait Baroness Sugg
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My Lords, as I said, we have introduced cycling and walking investment strategies. We are also looking at cycling safety and I will certainly feed in that suggestion.

Baroness Hayman Portrait Baroness Hayman (CB)
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With respect to bells on bicycles, perhaps the Minister would like to go back to 1998, because I seem to remember that, when I was a very junior Minister in charge of road safety, I found myself on the front page of every tabloid newspaper for saying, when answering a question, that all new bicycles should have a bell.

Baroness Sugg Portrait Baroness Sugg
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My Lords, I do all I can to avoid being on the front page of tabloid newspapers, which is why I am not committing to it now—but, as I say, I will certainly take that back.