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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Nov 2025
Road Injuries and Deaths

"My Lords—..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Nov 2025
Road Injuries and Deaths

"My Lords, does the Minister understand the agony and trauma of losing a much-loved child? A teenage driver, having passed his driving test six weeks earlier, killed his three passengers on the way home from school. If the Minister does understand, what is he going to do about these teenage …..."
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Written Question
Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995
Monday 16th September 2024

Asked by: Baroness Seccombe (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to amend the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995.

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

The government does not have any current plans to amend the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 26 Mar 2014
Disabled People: Blue Badges

" My Lords, blue badges are a very precious privilege. For my husband, they were a life changer. Does the Minister agree that there is nothing so irritating as seeing a young, fit person using a blue badge to park illegally, and is there any more that can be done …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 21 May 2013
Railways: High Speed 2

"My Lords, I, like others, congratulate my noble friend on bringing this matter before the House again. Many issues surround this expensive, grandiose and, in my eyes, not needed venture, but perhaps I may first declare my interest, as HS2 slices right through the magnificent farmland and rural communities of …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 18 Jul 2012
Railways: Electrification

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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what will be the economic and environmental benefits of the electrification of English and Welsh railways...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 18 Jul 2012
Railways: Electrification

"My Lords, I thank my noble friend for that Answer. I welcome the Statement on the electrification of the east Midlands and other lines most enthusiastically along with the upgrades to mainline stations and extensions to platforms. As the Prime Minister said,

“this investment will mean faster journeys, more seats …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 11 Jul 2012
Railways: High Speed 2

"My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Astor for bringing this highly important, and for some of us, hypersensitive matter before the House this evening. First, I wish to declare my interest as the President of the Kenilworth and Southam Conservative Association. The constituency lies in the …..."
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