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HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend has been a doughty campaigner for his constituents. He has already raised this issue with me on a number of occasions, and I am glad that he has raised it again. I…21 Mar 2024HANSARDMotoring Improvement MeasuresIn October 2023, this Government announced “The plan for drivers”, setting out 30 measures that will improve the experience of driving by: smoother journeys; stopping unfair…18 Mar 2024HANSARDNational Policy Statement: National NetworksNational road and rail networks provide critical long-distance links between places, offering fast and reliable journey times and enabling connectivity between people and…06 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]If someone is using a vehicle for a “no user in charge” journey for which they are, in effect, the passenger and there is an accident, it will be totally the responsibility, in…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]I have discussed the legislation with a number of those companies—both UK companies and those in the US—and I am pleased to assure my hon. Friend and the House that they too…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]I will come to that in a second—it will become clear in the next section of my speech—but I can tell the hon. Gentleman that the Bill is about giving people choices. If people…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]I will take an intervention from my hon. Friend the Member for North East Bedfordshire (Richard Fuller) and then make some progress before continuing to take interventions.05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]Potentially, but that is exactly why the earlier question about data is very important. These vehicles generate a huge amount of data and one part of the authorisation process…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend raises a good point. I am very comfortable with the driving test; it continues to be updated to make sure drivers are familiar with features such as satnavs, and…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend raises a very important point that we must make sure is covered. Clearly, if people make modifications that alter the functioning of the self-driving features of…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]My right hon. Friend should note that data for these purposes will be protected in the usual way. Data has to be used for the purposes for which it was gathered. There are legal…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]I give way to the Chairman of the Select Committee on Transport.05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]These cars will have to be authorised by the regulator to go on the road, but my hon. Friend makes the good point that, as part of that process, what the user of the vehicle can…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]I thank my hon. Friend for speaking powerfully for his constituency. He is right: those developing this technology will want to roll it out carefully and thoughtfully, and they…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]We will consult on the statement of safety principles, which will set out the governing principles of the legislation. On the specifics, this will be about making sure that the…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]Let me make a bit of progress; I want to try to get to a conclusion, because others wish to speak, but I will try to get back to my right hon. Friend in a sec. In 2019, Google’s…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]Let me just set out what that review did, then I will take an intervention from the hon. Gentleman, who is an esteemed member of the Select Committee. It convened legal minds from…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. As hon. Members know, most journeys take place on our roads. About 86% are made by cars, taxis and vans, but in the over…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]One of the things we will have in place is a duty of candour. We will also set up a regulatory process with investigations of every self-driving vehicle involved in an incident.…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [Lords]The hon. Gentleman is right to raise that point. We have arrangements in place for vehicles with human drivers who are uninsured, and we are working with the Motor Insurers’…05 Mar 2024