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Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

EDM number 29 in 2013-14, proposed by John Leech on 08/05/2013.
Categorised under the topic of Roads.

That this House notes the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I., 2013, No. 258) laid in the House on 13 February 2013, which will retain the current number plate test as the main assessment of driver vision; further notes with concern that this measure does not go far enough in ensuring drivers have adequate vision; refers to recent research commissioned by RSA Insurance Group and supported by the Optical Confederation and Brake, which finds that road crashes caused by poor driver vision result in nearly 2,900 casualties and cost the UK an estimated

This motion has been signed by a total of 2 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Leech08/05/2013Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratProposed
Andrew Stunell04/06/2013Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSeconded

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