More Proof UK Parliamentary Group is Alive

I awoke this morning to comment to a post from Mid February in which it appeared to me that the UK Parliamentary Group was caput.

I wrote back alerting the writer to my later posts, and he fired back an addition that clears up what CB actually stands for:

MESSAGE 1:

The Group is NOT dead!

I assist the group with their activities and can assure you that the group is as active as ever.

The website has not been updated but another is in construction.

You are quite correct that each All Party Group is dissolved with Parliament and has to be reformed. However, the group reformed and already has around 50 members. There are plenty of committed cyclists still in Parliament!

Several pieces of legislation are passing through the UK Parliament at the moment with relevance to cyclists which the group's members are paying close attention to.

Officers of the group have managed to maintain the rights of cyclists to open up new paths across open countryside through active use - there was an ambiguity in a Bill banning off-road vehicles from using countryside paths and lanes.

Cycling MPs are closely scrutinising the Road Safety Bill which is progressing through the Commons at present - this Bill seeks to create a new offence of Death by Careless or Inconsiderate Driving which plugs a gap between existing offences.

Thank you for taking an interest in the activities of the All Party Parliamentary Cycle Group.

When our new website is up we will be sure to let you know!

MESSAGE 2:

Thanks for sending the links to all the entries.

All Party Groups are informal and have little in the way of administrative support – I only have a very limited amount of time reserved for the group’s activities each week.

BTW: CB stands for Cross-bencher, NOT Companion of the Order of Bath. Cross-benchers are Peers (Lords) with no party affiliation. The qualifying members have to come from the 10:7:3 split because that is the present political structure.

Your website is a very useful resource, keep up the good work!

Chris Peck

All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group Secretariat

Rule Britannia!!

God Save the Queenie!! ;-D

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