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Lords Chamber
Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 - Mon 19 May 2025
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Lab - Life peer) and trailer weight does not exceed 7 tonnes. - Speech Link
2: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) The Government are making the case that they are no longer required for safety reasons, and the Official - Speech Link
3: Viscount Goschen (Con - Excepted Hereditary) on road safety, we have to take into account the realities and physics of the matter as well as other - Speech Link
4: Earl Russell (LD - Excepted Hereditary) I call on the Minister to commit to publishing a full and transparent review of all the safety data within - Speech Link
5: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) of people.My noble friend Lord Goschen and the noble Earl, Lord Russell, made a point about road safety - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Trailer and Towing Safety - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Karin Smyth (Lab - Bristol South) In July 2017 the National Trailer and Towing Association introduced the free safety checks initiative—the - Speech Link
2: Karin Smyth (Lab - Bristol South) Over the past five years, the all-party parliamentary group on trailer and towing safety has worked steadfastly - Speech Link
3: Guy Opperman (Con - Hexham) and Towing Association’s Trailer Safety Week in June 2023.The hon. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 - Tue 14 Dec 2021
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) test.Road safety is, of course, of the utmost importance, and I understand why road safety concerns - Speech Link
2: Baroness Randerson (LDEM - Life peer) and Towing Safety shares those concerns. - Speech Link
3: None the phrase “and, frankly, compromise road safety”. - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 - Mon 13 Dec 2021
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Trudy Harrison (CON - Copeland) My officials have met with the all-party parliamentary group on trailer and towing safety to develop - Speech Link
2: Karin Smyth (LAB - Bristol South) I rise to speak on behalf of my constituents, but also as chair of the all-party towing and trailer safety - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
HGV Driving Tests - Wed 01 Dec 2021
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen (Non-affiliated - Life peer) to drive a car and trailer to get professional training, to promote road safety and support those businesses - Speech Link
2: Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Our record on road safety is internationally recognised, and we will continue to work across a range - Speech Link
3: Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen (Non-affiliated - Life peer) At the moment, I have to reverse a trailer into a tiny space by our carport, and I can do it. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen (Non-affiliated - Life peer) However, we are not taking away safety, and we hope that the fact that the test will still be done, even - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 24 Nov 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Richard Holden (CON - North West Durham) of women’s experience of health and the health and care system. - Speech Link
2: Rachel Maclean (CON - Redditch) Drink spiking and needle spiking are horrific and frightening offences, and we are taking steps, led - Speech Link
3: Karin Smyth (LAB - Bristol South) Why are the Government breaking their promise to grieving families to make towing and our roads safer - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Points of Order - Tue 16 Nov 2021
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Karin Smyth (LAB - Bristol South) I rise as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on trailer and towing safety in reference to what - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2021 - Tue 09 Nov 2021
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) It relates to the SI that covers the removal of the car and trailer driving test, which was due to come - Speech Link
2: None Road safety is, of course, of the utmost importance, and I understand why road safety concerns have been - Speech Link
3: None We will also encourage drivers through our existing campaigns and will work with leisure and towing groups - Speech Link
4: None a person may then take a test for the articulated or trailer-towing vehicle. - Speech Link
5: Lord Rosser (LAB - Life peer) that there is a causal link between road safety and the test.” - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
HGV Driving Licences - Mon 08 Nov 2021
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Richard Fuller (CON - North East Bedfordshire) I should mention that I am a member of the all-party group on trailer and towing safety. - Speech Link
2: Karin Smyth (LAB - Bristol South) enforcement of towing and trailer safety. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 04 Nov 2021
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Thangam Debbonaire (LAB - Bristol West) corruption, and we and the Government are back there again. - Speech Link
2: Jacob Rees-Mogg (CON - North East Somerset) robust, and that are seen to be fair and robust. - Speech Link
3: Pete Wishart (SNP - Perth and North Perthshire) What an absolute and utter mess, and I am not entirely sure that it has been much helped and assisted - Speech Link
4: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) As a result, I had a conversation with the chair of the all-party group on trailer and towing safety, - Speech Link