Traffic Management Bill — 5 Jan 2004 at 21:44
I beg to move, that the Bill be read a Second time.
The Bill will allow us to put in place measures to make road travel more reliable and will help to reduce congestion. It has three main objectives. First, it will allow better management of the motorway network, including the introduction of a new traffic officer service, which will also free up police time for other duties. Secondly, it will provide for more effective management of the local road network. Thirdly, it will introduce new measures better to control roadworks, including the introduction of a new permit scheme. The Bill also contains new measures better to co-ordinate traffic management in London in part 5, as well as powers for local authorities to enforce traffic contraventions in part 6.
I beg to move,
That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Traffic Management Bill because it fails to address the most serious reasons for congestion, concentrating instead on street works, which cause only 10 per cent. of delays; diminishes local authority autonomy by giving the Secretary of State reserve powers over local traffic issues; and imposes an over-bureaucratic traffic management system.
Question put, That the amendment be made:-
The House divided: Ayes 126, Noes 362.
Party Summary
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.
What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.
Party | Majority (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
Con | 0 | 124 (+2 tell) | 0 | 77.3% |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.0% |
Independent Conservative | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent Ulster Unionist | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
Lab | 319 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 78.7% |
LDem | 39 | 0 | 0 | 72.2% |
PC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 75.0% |
Total: | 362 | 126 | 0 | 77.6% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by vote
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no rebellions |