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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 28th March 2006

 

Standing Committee Proceedings

 

Standing Committee A

 

Road Safety Bill [Lords]

 

[FIFTH AND SIXTH sittings]

 

Dr Stephen Ladyman

 

Ms Sally Keeble

 

Dr Brian Iddon

 

Mr David Kidney

 

Andrew Miller

 

Agreed to on division  1

 

Clause  20,  page  24,  line  36,  column  4,  leave out ‘the statutory maximum’ and

 

insert ‘12 months (in England and Wales) or six months (in Scotland) or the statutory

 

maximum, or both’.

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Negatived on division  63

 

Clause  20,  page  24,  line  39,  column  4,  leave out ‘5 years or a fine or both’ and

 

insert ‘a fine’

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to on division.

 

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Mr Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Withdrawn  90

 

Clause  21,  page  25,  leave out lines 22 and 23.

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Mr Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Not called  91

 

Clause  21,  page  25,  line  28,  column  2,  leave out ‘unlicensed, disqualified or

 

uninsured’ and insert ‘unlicensed or disqualified’.

 
 

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Mr Owen Paterson

 

Mr Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Not called  93

 

Clause  21,  page  25,  line  33,  column  3,  leave out ‘summarily’.

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Mr Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Not called  94

 

Clause  21,  page  25,  column  4,  leave out lines 33 to 39.

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Mr Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Not called  92

 

Clause  21,  page  25,  line  35,  column  2,  leave out ‘unlicensed, disqualified or

 

uninsured’ and insert ‘unlicensed or disqualified’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Withdrawn  64

 

Clause  22,  page  27,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

at the relevant time the vehicle has a Statutory Off Road Notification.’.

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Withdrawn  65

 

Clause  22,  page  28,  line  37,  leave out ‘£100’ and insert ‘£1,000 and 3 penalty

 

points.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Schedule 4 Agreed to.

 

Clause 23 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Withdrawn  89

 

Clause  24,  page  31,  line  13,  at end add ‘insert in column (6) (Endorsement)

 

“discretionary” and in column (7) (penalty points) “3”’.

 
 

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Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Withdrawn  66

 

Clause  25,  page  31,  line  33,  at end add—

 

‘(3)    

Subsection (1) does not apply to an employee driving a vehicle owned by his

 

employer in connection with his employment where he had no reasonable cause

 

to suspect there was anything wrong with the vehicle.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Withdrawn  67

 

Clause  26,  page  32,  line  5,  after ‘device’, insert ‘except in circumstances where a

 

motor vehicle with a manual gearbox is placed in neutral and the handbrake applied, and

 

a motor vehicle with an automatic gearbox is placed in Park’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 27 and 28 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Withdrawn  68

 

Clause  29,  page  33,  line  28,  leave out ‘“6”’ and insert ‘“3-6”’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 30 and 31 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Withdrawn  69

 

Clause  32,  page  34,  line  29,  at end add—

 

‘(d)    

an offence under section 3 of that Act (careless driving).”’.

 
 

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Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Not called  70

 

Clause  33,  page  35,  line  7,  at end add—

 

‘(e)    

an offence under section 3 of that Act (careless driving).”’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Withdrawn  71

 

Clause  34,  page  35,  line  20,  leave out ‘seven’ and insert ‘three’.

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Withdrawn  78

 

Clause  34,  page  35,  line  32,  leave out subsection (3).

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Not selected  79

 

Clause  35,  page  39,  line  28,  leave out ‘Reduced disqualification for’.

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Not selected  80

 

Clause  35,  page  40,  line  22,  leave out subsection (5).

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Withdrawn  81

 

Clause  35,  page  40,  line  35,  leave out subsection (7).

 
 

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Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Dr Stephen Ladyman

 

Agreed to  6

 

Clause  36,  page  44,  line  26,  after ‘tests”,’ insert—

 

‘(aa)    

in paragraph (b), after “conducted” insert “, conditions which must be

 

satisfied during the currency of an appointment, the charging of

 

reasonable fees in respect of applications for appointment or

 

appointments or in connection with any examination or assessment

 

which may be required before appointment or during the currency of any

 

appointment”,’.

 

Dr Stephen Ladyman

 

Agreed to  7

 

Clause  36,  page  44,  line  27,  leave out ‘paragraph (b)’ and insert ‘that paragraph’.

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Withdrawn  82

 

Clause  36,  page  44,  line  29,  after ‘surrender’, insert ‘in the presence of a police

 

constable,’.

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Withdrawn  83

 

Clause  36,  page  45,  line  3,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

after paragraph (c) insert—

 

“(d)    

for tests of competence to drive—

 

(i)    

to include questions designed to ensure that a

 

person submitting himself for a test has a

 

sufficient level of understanding of and

 

competence in appropriate first aid skills; and

 

(ii)    

to require such a person to satisfy the person

 

conducting that test that he has a sufficient level

 

of understanding and competence in appropriate

 

first aid skills.”.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Withdrawn  84

 

Clause  37,  page  46,  line  4,  after ‘fit’, insert ‘and make public their

 

representations.”’.

 
 

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Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Owen Paterson

 

Stephen Hammond

 

Mr Henry Bellingham

 

Not selected  85

 

Page  46,  line  12,  leave out Clause 38.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

[Adjourned till Tuesday 18th April at 4.30 p.m.

 
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