Motoring Offences Review Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Motoring Offences Review

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb Excerpts
Thursday 7th July 2016

(8 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Faulks Portrait Lord Faulks
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I am not aware of any assessment of the loss of revenue. I will certainly write to the noble Lord if such information is available. But it is of course perfectly possible to trace by the individual registration number, through computers, exactly who has the car and who should have the car.

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb Portrait Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GP)
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My Lords, will the Minister tell us whether the concept of the driver’s duty of care towards vulnerable road users will also be included in the consultation?

Lord Faulks Portrait Lord Faulks
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The question of vulnerable road users—cyclists, pedestrians and the like—is something that courts should and do take into consideration when sentencing anyway, but it is a matter on which consultation will evoke appropriate responses. The noble Baroness makes an important point.