Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mike Penning and Derek Twigg

Monday 11th April 2016 Commons Chamber

[Derek Twigg (Halton) (Lab)]

What recent discussions have Ministers had with chief constables about the growing menace of scrambler bikes being ridden recklessly on our roads, with the potential to cause great accidents, usually by young men wearing masks and without number plates?

[Mike Penning]

I had those sorts of discussions when I was at the Department for Transport, and we continue to have them. Unlicensed, unauthorised and unsafe vehicles on the roads are a menace, and the police should use all the powers they have.