The answer is yes. We talked about the speed limit being out of date. Let me write to the noble Lord on the subject. My briefing says that if the local authority, within its contested areas, is worried about the safety of people living around there, it has the power to reduce the speed limit. But let me write to the noble Lord on the subject.
Motor Vehicles (Variation of Speed Limits) (England and Wales) Regulations 2014
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Popat
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 22 January 2015.
It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on Motor Vehicles (Variation of Speed Limits) (England and Wales) Regulations 2014.
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2014-15
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