§ Mr. KidneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he intends to publish proposals for reform of road traffic penalties. [37630]
§ Mr. Bob AinsworthWe are currently in the process of formulating the Government's response to the consultation exercise on road traffic penalties. We hope to publish this soon.
This report has taken some time to complete due to the high number of detailed and comprehensive responses we received. We have also been waiting for the outcome of the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions commissioned research project into the law on dangerous driving by the Transport Research Laboratory. The publication of this report was delayed until January 2002.