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Written Question
Road Traffic Offences: Reviews
Monday 6th September 2021

Asked by: Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2021 to Question 31379 on Road Traffic Offences, whether his Department plans to commission a review into road traffic offences within the next 12 months.

Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch

The Government takes road safety seriously and keeps the law under regular review. However, we do not currently have any plans to commission a review into road traffic offences within the next 12 months.

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Jan 2019
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 May 2018
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 May 2018
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 May 2018
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 May 2018
Transport Secretary: East Coast Franchise

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