§ Mr. WellsTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to announce his proposals for the revision of the highway code.
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§ Mr. Kenneth CarlisleMy right hon. Friend has laid before Parliament a document setting out his proposed alterations to the highway code. These take into account the many responses received to the Department's consultation document issued last October.
This has been the first major review of the highway code since 1978. The proposals contain forty two new rules and many other rules have been amended to reflect recent changes in the law and best road safety practice. We are taking the opportunity also to improve the format of the code in order to make it more attractive to the reader and so encourage further its regular use by all road users.