Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to suspend driving licences immediately for people arrested on suspicion of driving offences carrying mandatory disqualification.

This Government takes road safety seriously. We are committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads.

The Government is listening closely to the concerns of those affected by tragic cases of death or serious injury on our roads.

We are considering a range of policies under the new strategy; the first for 10 years. This includes the case for changing motoring offences.

More details will be published in due course.