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Oral answer to question provided on Thursday, 17 June 2010 in the House of Commons, by Mike Penning (Conservative) on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Answer

Local authorities have the powers to spend the money as they wish, and if they wish to spend it on more speed cameras that is entirely within their remit. There are other ways in which lives can be saved. I have looked at what Brake says, but I disagree. Such cameras should not be a cash cow. This should not be determined by issues to do with raising tax. It should be about safety; that is the important thing.

This is an answer to the Topical question asked on Thursday, 17 June 2010 by Mary Creagh (Labour).

Question

Brake, the road safety charity, has said that cutting Government funding for speed cameras will lead to blood on our roads. Why is the Minister cutting the funding for them, given that they would raise revenue during the forthcoming age of austerity, and how is Wakefield council supposed to put new ones in when it has just had a £1 million cut to its road safety grant?

Type

Oral answer to question

Reference

511 c1016

Session

2010-12

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Subjects

Competition

Airports

Link

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