Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Oral Answers to Questions

Graham P Jones Excerpts
Thursday 17th November 2016

(8 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrew Jones Portrait Andrew Jones
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My hon. Friend makes an important point about road safety, which is a critical issue, because, despite our enviable national record, 1,730 people lost their lives on British roads last year. Media campaigns in this area can be very helpful, so I do, indeed, support the Lancashire Telegraph campaign in principle, and I look forward to hearing more when it starts.

Graham P Jones Portrait Graham Jones (Hyndburn) (Lab)
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I, too, am supporting that campaign, and we have seen numerous incidents across east Lancashire, but would the Government not accept that one thing that is not helping on motorways is the fact that local government cuts mean that motorway lights are being turned off?