Member

The standard response from the Government—from the Department for Transport or more recently, in this Bill, from the Home Office—is essentially that this is a matter for police enforcement. The noble Lord, Lord Lucas, raised that, and I agree. I think the police can do more and could be more organised in doing it. In any case, the Government cannot tell the police what to do: that is operational control. Nobody argues for that, and I am not arguing for it. My challenge is that even if the police had a more organised approach to this problem, I am afraid that they would not deliver a strategic improvement to road safety.