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Debate between Chris White and Mike Penning
Thursday 5th May 2011
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Mike Penning
The hon. Gentleman used to have the job that I have the honour of doing these days, and he knows full well that the Government will publish the road safety strategy as soon as we can; he will have to wait for what is in it. He made a point about targets. If we are not careful, if we set targets the easy option is always the way forward. We have the safest roads in the world and we intend to keep them that way, but we are not going to set arbitrary targets and just say, “We have met that target, so we can ignore the harder option.”
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington) (Con)
9. What recent progress has been made on his Department’s consultation on High Speed 2.