One of the founder members of the All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group, Lord Young of Cookham secured a debate in the House of Lords on the promotion of cycling as a safe form of transport. Here is the transcript of the debate, and a report from...
Read MoreYesterday, there was a well attended debate in Westminster Hall on 'Government investment in cycling', proposed by Conservative MP for Bolton West, Chris Green (below) . The transcript of the debate can be found here. CTC have published a full length report on the debate and a comment...
Read Moreleft to right: Alex Chalk MP, Ruth Cadbury MP, Robert Goodwill MP The Minister started off the by talking about the Governments’ cycling policy. These are his verbatim notes: Spending Review and ‘Access’ fund Following the Spending Review settlement, the Department for Transport was awarded £580 million (£80...
Read More14 January 2016 ALL PARTY CYCLING GROUP MEET SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRANSPORT, PATRICK McLOUGHLIN MP, TO DISCUSS SAFER CYCLING left-right : Sarah Wollaston MP, Lord Berkeley, Patrick McLoughlin MP, Alex Chalk MP, Ruth Cadbury MP, Steve Brine MP MPs and Lords from the All Party Parliamentary Cycling...
Read MoreThe Guardian reports on Bradley Wiggins' stint as guest editor of the 'Today' programme, which included an interview with Jeremy Corbyn MP. Full article here...
Read MoreThe Department for Transport have launched a new Road Safety Plan. The main issues affecting cycling are: a grant of £50 million over the next 4 years will support Bikeability cycle training in schools the government will consult on changes to improve cycle safety to ensure side-guards are...
Read MoreThe Department for Transport has published a document outlining the timetable and approach for delivering the 'Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy' (CWIS) https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/487846/cycling-and-walking-investment-strategy.pdf ...
Read Morehttp://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2015-12-10.19579.h&s=speaker%3A25343#g19579.q0 Question from our co-Chair Ruth Cadbury: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that (a) lorry drivers from outside the UK have the appropriate licences and skills to drive on roads safely and (b) left-hand drive lorries...
Read MoreOur co-Chair Ruth Cadbury ask the Transport Minister about the progress made on the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy. Here is the full transcript: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2015-12-10b.1124.5&s=%28%22bicycle%22+OR+%22cycling%22%29#g1125.3...
Read MoreDear Chancellor Funding for the first Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS) We are concerned to read a report in The Times newspaper (Saturday 1st November), suggesting the Treasury is reluctant to provide the funding needed to deliver the Prime Minister’s ‘Cycling Revolution’ via the Cycling and...
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