Member

When pedestrians are being killed or seriously injured, when pavements are becoming unsafe, when hospitals are reporting a surge in severe injuries, proportionate action is not only justified but required, I submit. My amendment would not create any new principle. It seeks to apply an existing principle to a new threat, where the public interest demands it. The companies know who is riding, how fast they are travelling, whether they are using illegal bikes or riding on pavements, and whether they are using rented accounts. They know because the apps track every movement, every delivery and every metric. However, without a legal duty to act, they have no incentive to intervene. The costs of the harm they conspire to do fall on the public.