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Spot Fines For Cyclists

EDM number 766 in 1998-99, proposed by Ben Bradshaw on 28/06/1999.

That this House is seriously concerned about Government plans to introduce spot fines for cyclists which would be a form of rough justice deeply damaging to the Government's own plans to encourage cycling and would be particularly unacceptable before cycling has been made safer by much better provision of cycle paths and allocated road space for cyclists; further considers that, while not condoning cyclists breaking the law, to deal uniquely with that problem sends out the wrong message at a time when the Government is already in danger of not meeting its targets on increasing cycle use, particularly given that the figures show pedestrians to be at negligible risk from cyclists compared with the risk to both pedestrians and cyclists from cars and other vehicles; and believes therefore that it would be a waste of police time to chase children on bicycles when illegal parking and other law-breaking by motorists that poses far more danger to both pedestrians and cyclists is widely ignored.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ben Bradshaw28/06/1999ExeterLabourProposed
Austin Mitchell28/06/1999Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Valerie Davey28/06/1999Bristol WestLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley28/06/1999Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Desmond Swayne28/06/1999New Forest WestConservativeSigned
Betty Williams28/06/1999ConwyLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd29/06/1999Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe29/06/1999LeighLabourSigned
Roy Beggs29/06/1999East AntrimUUPSigned
David Taylor29/06/1999North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ronnie Fearn30/06/1999SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn30/06/1999Islington NorthLabourSigned
Martin Smyth30/06/1999Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Dennis Skinner30/06/1999BolsoverLabourSigned
Alan Simpson01/07/1999Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
John McDonnell01/07/1999Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara01/07/1999Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Bill Michie01/07/1999Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Paul Tyler01/07/1999North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer06/07/1999KeighleyLabourSigned
Alice Mahon07/07/1999HalifaxLabourSigned
Andrew Robathan08/07/1999BlabyConservativeSigned
Charles Kennedy12/07/1999Ross, Skye & Inverness WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey13/07/1999North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson13/07/1999Lagan ValleyUUPSigned
Tom Brake20/07/1999Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Rendel21/07/1999NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned

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