Road Safety

Debate between Caroline Nokes and Julia Buckley

Tuesday 7th January 2025 Commons Chamber

[Julia Buckley (Shrewsbury) (Lab)]

Rural roads are often winding, unlit and poorly maintained, all of which require additional driving skills. Many young people in my constituency find themselves needing to drive at 17 to access education or other opportunities, and we have a higher prevalence of young drivers being killed. I am thinking particularly of Harvey Owen, one of four boys killed on their way to Wales after only a week after passing their driving test. More than 1,500 young people are killed every year—

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Caroline Nokes)]

Order. The hon. Lady might not have been here to hear my earlier comment. There is plenty of time for Members to make speeches if they so choose—this debate does not need to conclude until 7.30 pm—but we really must not have prepared speeches read out disguised as interventions.