§ Viscount Simonasked Her Majesty's Government:
What progress has been made towards fulfilling the European Commission Recommendation on Enforcement in the Field of Road Safety (2004/245/EC). [HL82]
§ Lord Davies of OldhamThe recommendation was adopted by the European Commission on 21 October 2003. Since then the UK has participated in an expert group on enforcement in June this year and a meeting of a sub-group on seat belts. Further sub-group meetings on speeding and drink-driving are planned. The aim of these groups is to identify common ground, encourage collaboration between member states and to establish good practice in road traffic enforcement.
14WARoad traffic enforcement was discussed recently at an informal meeting of EU road safety Ministers in Verona (October 2004), which was attended by the Minister for Road Safety (David Jamieson). The meeting underlined the importance of enforcement for road safety and the conclusions are due to be considered at a forthcoming meeting of the Transport Council.