Road Safety: Sentencing Review
Debate between Judith Cummins and Susan Elan Jones(8 years ago)
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Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South) (Lab)
I beg to move,
That this House has considered road safety and the Government’s proposed sentencing review.
It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bailey. In January 2014, I stood before the House of Commons and called on the Government to review the sentencing guidelines for maximum penalties for driving offences that lead to death or serious injury. I urged the Government then to make changes to the rules and guidelines set out by law that mean that drivers who end the lives of innocent people on our roads sometimes have their sentences reduced to mere months.
Judith Cummins (Bradford South) (Lab)
In Bradford, our local “Stop the Danger Drivers” campaign calls for tougher action to tackle these criminal drivers. Does my hon. Friend agree that tougher action is needed to tackle dangerous driving, which blights so many of our local communities?
Susan Elan Jones
I agree with my hon. Friend 100%. Right across the country there are people concerned about this issue.