Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Oral Answers to Questions

Barry Gardiner Excerpts
Thursday 10th March 2016

(8 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Robert Goodwill Portrait Mr Goodwill
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May I first put on the record our gratitude to my hon. Friend for the very hard work he carried out as a member of the Select Committee on the hybrid HS2 Bill? We occasionally ask trust ports to review their status. All the feedback I have had from his trust port certainly shows that the trust port model is working well, and we would not wish to interfere with that.

Barry Gardiner Portrait Barry Gardiner (Brent North) (Lab)
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It is clearly in the public interest for a person reporting somebody as unfit to drive to have anonymity. However, does the Secretary of State agree that anonymity should be rescinded where the allegation appears to be malicious, and that the reporting form should clearly state that an accuser will be liable to prosecution if false accusations are made about an individual?