Member

I say to the Minister and, through him, to his officials, that the need is now. That is the reality of the situation that Amendments 36 and 38 would enable your Lordships’ House to address. It is an emergency, and I say again that I am not sure that the Department for Transport recognises that. Indeed, its indifference to the urgency of the situation is as much a threat to disabled people as irresponsible cycling. As my noble friend Lord Holmes of Richmond explained, the Government’s laudable goal of getting more disabled people into work is undermined if disabled people cannot travel safely to work. That is hardly rocket science.