View from the UK Parliament
As the profile of the issues surrounding foreign registered vehicles rises, politicians across the spectrum are beginning to recognise the economic and societal consequences arising from growing numbers of foreign vehicle owners ignoring UK driving and parking rules.
Questions have been tabled by politicians across the political spectrum. They reflect concerns that the Government is not yet working proactively to resolve the data sharing and legal issues between the UK and other EU member states that prevent enforcement of penalty notices against foreign registered vehicles.
Local government traffic regulation debate moved by Lord Lucas to call attention to the practice of local authorities in setting parking and traffic regimes, in levying penalties for vilations and in the enforcement of those penalties. [4.11pm] 15 January 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Baroness Gardner of Parkes (Conservative)
In view of the European Commission's proposal for cross-border enforcement of traffic offences of European Union-registered cars, what action they propose to deal with cars registered in other countries.22 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Baroness Gardner of Parkes (Conservative)
My Lords, I thank the Minister for that helpful reply. Is he aware of the problem—particularly in London, which has a large number of foreign-registered vehicles—of the unreadability of number plates by the automatic number plate recognition sys... 22 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Lord Bradshaw (Liberal Democrat)
My Lords, the Minister has frequently answered questions from me about foreign lorries and consistent breaches, particularly of the drivers' hours regulations, which are gross and very dangerous. When will the regulations come into force so that these people can be ... 22 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Lord Corbett of Castle Vale (Labour)
My Lords, can my noble friend assure me that the safety checks on foreign lorries entering the United Kingdom are at least as strict as those for lorries which are domiciled here?22 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Lord Pearson of Rannoch (UKIP)
My Lords, can the noble Lord confirm that a new offence is to be added to the list of offences that he read out in the shape of a ban on our ordinary headlights and an insistence on the extremely nasty, glaring headlights used on the Continent? Is the noble Lord awar... 22 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (Crossbench)
My Lords, how many fatal and serious accidents occur annually due to non-UK-registered vehicles of all types?22 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Lord Trimble (Conservative)
My Lords, could the Minister turn his attention to the United Kingdom's only land frontier, where the issue of vehicles travelling across the border is particularly significant in terms of numbers? The Minister may be aware that some years ago there was a proposal to pr... 22 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Lord Lea of Crondall (Labour)
My Lords, is my noble friend aware that there are enormous numbers of fraudulent plates on UK-registered vehicles and that there is no central collection of police information? Anecdotally, it is suggested that the figure is around 20 per cent. It might be useful to h... 22 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Earl Ferrers (Conservative)
My Lords, will the noble Lord address his mind to the question asked by my noble friend Lord Pearson? The Minister rather mobbed him up for asking a Eurosceptic question. I think that my noble friend asked whether it is true that our lorries will have to have different ... 22 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Lord Roberts of Llandudno (Liberal Democrat)
My Lords, is there any procedure whereby foreign drivers, especially those from the now expanded European Union, are enabled to be aware of our traffic regulations and to read our road signs—in England and in Wales, which also has its problems?22 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] |
Facts & Figures- 330,000 penalty charge notices worth £12.9 million are issued to foreign-registered vehicles in London each year for parking and other contraventions
- 1 in 8 foreign registered vehicle owners fails to pay their congestion charge
- A third of persistent evaders (three or more PCN’s) are foreign-registered vehicles
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