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Oral Answers to Questions

Peter Bedford Excerpts
Monday 31st March 2025

(3 days, 10 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Peter Bedford Portrait Mr Peter Bedford (Mid Leicestershire) (Con)
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At the weekend, I was speaking to residents of Braunstone Town, and many, particularly the elderly, were frightened by the use of off-road bikes and similar vehicles given the noises they make and the risk to pedestrians. Will the Secretary of State assure me that the Government are taking the matter seriously and that they will empower local police forces to bring those driving the bikes to justice?

Yvette Cooper Portrait Yvette Cooper
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The hon. Member makes an important point. Often, particularly for older people, the way in which the bikes are used is just dangerous. The deliberate ramping up of the noise to intimidate and scare people is disgraceful antisocial behaviour. That is why we are increasing policing powers and why we want to work with policing on things like the drone use and other measures to tackle antisocial behaviour.