Contributions
472 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Again, the hon. Gentleman makes a lot of very valid points based on his time on the Transport Committee. Cars that have the no-user-in-charge feature must have a licensed…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 2 relates to the statement of safety principles, which we have previously discussed. I will not go over that again, other than to reiterate that a lot of the issues that…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)There is always an opportunity. Andrew Lansley is a good friend of mine, and my predecessor as MP for South Cambridgeshire. I agree with the hon. Member for Paisley and…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I will write to the shadow Minister. On amendment 17, the hon. Member for Wakefield mentioned the requirement for sellers of self-driving vehicles to demonstrate features to…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Reviews do take a lot of work. They are done properly; they are not done on the back of an envelope. A whole process has to be set up. It requires a lot of work from civil…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the hon. Members for Sefton Central and for Easington for their contributions. Clause 2 does indeed relate to the statement of safety principles. I do not know whether the…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Yes, as the hon. Member for Easington said, that is slightly different, but the technologies are related. Self-driving cars are of a different order of consideration because there…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)As I said at the beginning, the role of the inspectors is not to assign liability, blame or whatever else; it is to find out what actually happened in detail to ensure that it…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)We are making such fantastic progress; I thought I ought to speak on some of the clauses, for the record. Clause 24 is about the duty of candour requirement on regulated bodies,…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)The point I was trying to make is that the victim—the pedestrian, or whoever it is—does not have to prove whether the vehicle was in self-driving mode or not. It will be for the…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I confirm that we will not put the register just on bits of paper and lock them in a cupboard somewhere. It is a reasonable request that the register should be online. I confirm…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The Government would then have to pass primary legislation in order to not do a review. If we end up in a situation where everyone is happy with the statement of safety…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)That was not what I was saying at all.19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am very happy to answer. This issue has indeed been raised with me and the Department, and I can confirm that the Department is in negotiations with the Motor Insurers’ Bureau…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am really glad that the hon. Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North was joking about his daughter’s birthday, because I would hate to be a source of big disappointment on her…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I will respond very quickly to a number of points. The difference between a self-driving car or automated vehicle and a vehicle that is not is specified right at the beginning of…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)This is a complex and technical issue. As part of my extended engagement, I mentioned earlier that I have a roundtable coming up with the insurance industry about AVs and electric…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The hon. Gentleman makes a valid point; indeed, I have met representatives of the insurance industry about it. There are two points about the Bill that are relevant. One is that…19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)indicated assent .19 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It absolutely would. To be authorised, the ASDE is required to be competent and financially sound. Clearly, the legislation needs to be binding on the ASDE wherever it is, or we…19 Mar 2024