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Motorcycle Testing

EDM number 1002 in 2009-10, proposed by Anne Main on 03/03/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Roads and Standards.

That this House notes that, following the introduction of a new motorcycle test on 27 April 2009, Driving Standards Agency figures show that 50,000 fewer people took the motorcycle test in the period to 31 January 2010 than in the same period in 2008; further notes that 45 learners crashed attempting the new test during its first nine weeks, resulting in 12 hospitalisations; further notes that the majority of crashes occurred during the new swerve and stop exercise, which has been combined into one exercise in Module One of the new test; further notes that this is not obligatory under the European directive which prompted the introduction of the new test; further notes that the new test has resulted in a reduction in test centres, requiring longer journeys for inexperienced riders to access test facilities; is concerned that inaction to tackle this lack of test centres and combined swerve and stop exercise could lead to a decline in the overall number of motorcyclists and the motorcycle industry as a whole; congratulates Motorcycle News and the Motorcycle Action Group on their campaign to have these issues addressed; and calls on the Government to consider separating the two elements of the swerve and stop exercise and to investigate how the availability of test centres could be addressed.

This motion has been signed by a total of 116 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Anne Main03/03/2010St AlbansConservativeProposed
Frank Cook04/03/2010Stockton NorthLabourSeconded
Alan Meale04/03/2010MansfieldLabourSeconded
Rudi Vis04/03/2010Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley04/03/2010Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Mike Hancock04/03/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Paul Holmes04/03/2010ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones04/03/2010Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Michael Weir04/03/2010AngusScottish National PartySigned
John Mason04/03/2010Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Malcolm Moss05/03/2010North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Andrew George05/03/2010St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Dennis Skinner08/03/2010BolsoverLabourSigned
Robert Key08/03/2010SalisburyConservativeSigned
John Cummings08/03/2010EasingtonLabourSigned
Alan Simpson09/03/2010Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer09/03/2010KeighleyLabourSigned
Janet Dean09/03/2010BurtonLabourSigned
Bill Etherington09/03/2010Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Nigel Evans09/03/2010Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
James Gray09/03/2010North WiltshireConservativeSigned
William McCrea10/03/2010South AntrimDUPSigned
John McDonnell10/03/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Annette Brooke10/03/2010Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Field10/03/2010BirkenheadLabourSigned
Roger Berry10/03/2010KingswoodLabourSigned
Mark Williams10/03/2010CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Phyllis Starkey15/03/2010Milton Keynes South WestLabourSigned
Nick Harvey15/03/2010North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Patrick Mercer15/03/2010NewarkConservativeSigned
Steve Webb15/03/2010NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris McCafferty16/03/2010Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Tom Brake16/03/2010Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Menzies Campbell16/03/2010North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell16/03/2010Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Winterton16/03/2010CongletonConservativeSigned
Simon Burns17/03/2010West ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
Nigel Dodds17/03/2010Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Tony Baldry18/03/2010BanburyConservativeSigned
Edward Timpson18/03/2010Crewe and NantwichConservativeSigned
John Mann22/03/2010BassetlawLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady22/03/2010South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
David Hamilton22/03/2010MidlothianLabourSigned
Paddy Tipping22/03/2010SherwoodLabourSigned
Andrew Pelling22/03/2010Croydon CentralIndependentSigned
Terry Rooney23/03/2010Bradford NorthLabourSigned
Dai Havard23/03/2010Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith23/03/2010Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Gary Streeter23/03/2010South West DevonConservativeSigned
Bill Wiggin23/03/2010LeominsterConservativeSigned
Pete Wishart23/03/2010Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Linda Riordan23/03/2010HalifaxLabourSigned
Dai Davies23/03/2010Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Robert Smith24/03/2010West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins24/03/2010TamworthLabourSigned
Bob Laxton24/03/2010Derby NorthLabourSigned
David Maclean24/03/2010Penrith and The BorderConservativeSigned
Martin Caton24/03/2010GowerLabourSigned
Harry Cohen24/03/2010Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
David Davis24/03/2010Haltemprice and HowdenConservativeSigned
Mark Durkan24/03/2010FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Robert Goodwill24/03/2010Scarborough and WhitbyConservativeSigned
Tim Farron24/03/2010Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Maria Miller24/03/2010BasingstokeConservativeSigned
Lindsay Roy24/03/2010GlenrothesLabourSigned
Christopher Huhne25/03/2010EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin25/03/2010Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Julia Goldsworthy25/03/2010Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
John Penrose25/03/2010Weston-Super-MareConservativeSigned
Julian Lewis29/03/2010New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Peter Luff29/03/2010Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Lembit 29/03/2010MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Burgon29/03/2010ElmetLabourSigned
John Greenway29/03/2010RyedaleConservativeSigned
Dominic Grieve29/03/2010BeaconsfieldConservativeSigned
Diane Abbott29/03/2010Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
James Arbuthnot29/03/2010North East HampshireConservativeSigned
Alan Beith29/03/2010Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Clark29/03/2010Tunbridge WellsConservativeSigned
Brooks Newmark29/03/2010BraintreeConservativeSigned
Stephen Williams29/03/2010Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter29/03/2010CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Reid30/03/2010Argyll and ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Selous30/03/2010South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Eric Illsley30/03/2010Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Eleanor Laing30/03/2010Epping ForestConservativeSigned
Alistair Burt30/03/2010North East BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Jon Cruddas30/03/2010DagenhamLabourSigned
Michael Fabricant30/03/2010LichfieldConservativeSigned
David Amess30/03/2010Southend WestConservativeSigned
Richard Bacon30/03/2010South NorfolkConservativeSigned
Kevin Barron30/03/2010Rother ValleyLabourSigned
Robert Walter30/03/2010North DorsetConservativeSigned
David Jones30/03/2010Clwyd WestConservativeSigned
Stewart Hosie30/03/2010Dundee EastScottish National PartySigned
Michael Penning30/03/2010Hemel HempsteadConservativeSigned
Paul Rowen30/03/2010RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Chloe Smith30/03/2010Norwich NorthConservativeSigned
Caroline Spelman06/04/2010MeridenConservativeSigned
Stephen Hepburn06/04/2010JarrowLabourSigned
Eric Joyce06/04/2010FalkirkLabourSigned
David Lepper06/04/2010Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Michael Mates06/04/2010East HampshireConservativeSigned
Andrew Murrison06/04/2010WestburyConservativeSigned
Paul Farrelly06/04/2010Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Nick Ainger06/04/2010Carmarthen West and South PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Hugo Swire06/04/2010East DevonConservativeSigned
Mike Wood06/04/2010Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Stephen Crabb06/04/2010Preseli PembrokeshireConservativeSigned
Tobias Ellwood06/04/2010Bournemouth EastConservativeSigned
John Leech06/04/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Shona McIsaac07/04/2010CleethorpesLabourSigned
Don Foster07/04/2010BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Begg07/04/2010Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Martin Horwood07/04/2010CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson07/04/2010East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned

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