| Heading: |
Buses: Accidents |
| Question ID: |
1742259 |
| UIN: |
HL2634 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
302 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Rooker
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Lord Rooker
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have conducted any research into whether bus contracts prioritising speed lead to increased accidents or injury. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-02 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4972 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
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| Answer text: |
Road safety is a priority for the government, and we expect bus operators to uphold the highest standards of safety, policed by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, and upheld judicially by the Traffic Commissioners. The Department for Transport’s gui... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |