Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 21 Feb 2017 Cycling: Women
"My Lords, a few years ago, I had a bicycle with very small wheels and I was allowed to ride on the pavement. Does that still apply?..." Baroness Sharples - View Speech
"Is my noble friend aware that I had a heavy goods vehicle licence during the war, and that there were no restrictions at that time?..." Baroness Sharples - View Speech
"Would my noble friend agree that cyclists should wear some form of identification? I was nearly knocked over outside Millbank. I shouted at the cyclist—I did not swipe him—but please could we have some identification on them?..." Baroness Sharples - View Speech
"Will my noble friend congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Tanlaw, in asking this question over more than 30 years? I have heard him do so many times...." Baroness Sharples - View Speech
"Does not the present problem arise because the drivers were required to work during the Olympics, and now they need leave?..." Baroness Sharples - View Speech
"Can my noble friend tell us how many successful prosecutions there have been against cyclists who have gone against red lights?..." Baroness Sharples - View Speech