Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Oral Answers to Questions

Kevin Brennan Excerpts
Thursday 3rd February 2022

(2 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrew Stephenson Portrait The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Andrew Stephenson)
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HS2 Ltd takes its responsibilities to secure and maintain land along the line of route extremely seriously. I thank my right hon. Friend for taking the time to show me some of the specific problem sites when I visited her constituency. Where fly-tipping or littering occurs, HS2 Ltd must act to address it as soon as possible.

Kevin Brennan Portrait Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab)
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T7. Further to the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Newport West (Ruth Jones), I am afraid the Secretary of State’s response just reflects the fact that his approach to this issue is laissez-faire and complacent. People on both sides of the House will tell him that there is a real problem with these scooters. The Government’s policy is encouraging a disrespect for the law, because people are riding them with impunity. As he will know, crashes in London alone went up by 3,000%. Will he really get a grip on this issue? Everybody knows it is a real problem, but he is denying it.

Trudy Harrison Portrait Trudy Harrison
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I thank the hon. Member for his question, but I refer him to the 31 trials currently ongoing throughout the country to identify how we can legislate in the safest possible way. We regard micro-mobility as an essential part of the transition towards a much cleaner community, but I will endeavour to meet colleagues in the Home Office to discuss matters of policing with regard to illegal electric scooters.