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Disqualification Of Learner Motorcyclists

EDM number 553 in 1997-98, proposed by Hazel Blears on 03/12/1997.

That this House notes that motorcycles are a valuable and integral part of Britain's transport network; notes that they are between two and five times more fuel efficient than the motor car; further notes that they take up far less parking space than cars, and all too often the potential benefits of motorcycling are ignored when alternative transport options are considered or integrated transport plans are discussed; is concerned that the changes in driving licence requirements introduced in the early eighties, and specifically the requirement that novice riders who fail to pass their motorcycle test within two years of receiving their provisional motorcycle licence become subject to a one year ban, leading to a reduction in the number of motorcycles on the road and encouraging novice riders to take up motor car use where there is no such restriction; and calls on the Secretary of State for Transport to review this punitive measure affecting motorcycle riders.

This motion has been signed by a total of 66 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Hazel Blears03/12/1997SalfordLabourProposed
Stephen Pound03/12/1997Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Harry Barnes04/12/1997North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Lynne Jones04/12/1997Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Michael Fabricant08/12/1997LichfieldConservativeSigned
Dennis Skinner09/12/1997BolsoverLabourSigned
Julian Lewis09/12/1997New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe09/12/1997LeighLabourSigned
Ronnie Fearn09/12/1997SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Allan09/12/1997Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Dafydd Wigley09/12/1997CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Doug Naysmith10/12/1997Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Mike Wood10/12/1997Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Alan Simpson11/12/1997Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins11/12/1997Luton NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell11/12/1997Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Lembit 15/12/1997MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock15/12/1997Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Christine Russell15/12/1997Chester, City ofLabourSigned
Betty Williams16/12/1997ConwyLabourSigned
Liz Blackman17/12/1997ErewashLabourSigned
John Cryer18/12/1997HornchurchLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd12/01/1998Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Tony Colman12/01/1998PutneyLabourSigned
John Healey14/01/1998WentworthLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell15/01/1998Fife North EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Harold Best15/01/1998Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Alan Beith20/01/1998Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell21/01/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Brian Cotter21/01/1998Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Berry21/01/1998KingswoodLabourSigned
Jacqui Smith23/01/1998RedditchLabourSigned
Julia Drown26/01/1998South SwindonLabourSigned
Tom Pendry26/01/1998Stalybridge & HydeLabourSigned
Iain Coleman27/01/1998Hammersmith & FulhamLabourSigned
Peter Bradley28/01/1998Wrekin, TheLabourSigned
Paul Stinchcombe30/01/1998WellingboroughLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle05/02/1998ChorleyLabourSigned
Bill Rammell18/02/1998HarlowLabourSigned
Gerry Steinberg18/02/1998Durham, City ofLabourSigned
John Swinney19/02/1998North TaysideScottish National PartySigned
Frank Roy26/02/1998Motherwell & WishawLabourSigned
Nigel Jones26/02/1998CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony McWalter02/03/1998Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Robert Syms03/03/1998PooleConservativeSigned
Eric Illsley05/03/1998Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Bob Russell06/03/1998ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Gerry Bermingham06/03/1998St Helens SouthLabourSigned
Ian Gibson16/03/1998Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Ivan Lewis18/03/1998Bury SouthLabourSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours18/03/1998WorkingtonLabourSigned
Nick Palmer25/03/1998BroxtoweLabourSigned
Andrew Hunter31/03/1998BasingstokeConservativeSigned
Howard Stoate31/03/1998DartfordLabourSigned
Ian Davidson01/04/1998Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Fabian Hamilton08/04/1998Leeds North EastLabourSigned
David Chidgey21/04/1998EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Humble22/04/1998Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Harry Cohen27/04/1998Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Paul Tyler29/04/1998North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Valerie Davey07/05/1998Bristol WestLabourSigned
Gareth Thomas04/06/1998Clwyd WestLabourSigned
Dari Taylor10/06/1998Stockton SouthLabourSigned
Alan Williams22/06/1998Carmarthen East & DinefwrLabourSigned
Denzil Davies14/07/1998LlanelliLabourSigned
Martin Caton29/07/1998GowerLabourSigned

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