Oral QuestionDepartment for Transport

What steps her Department is taking to improve road safety in rural areas.

Tabled: 9 July 2026Answered: 16 July 2026

Asked by

Joe Morris

LabourHexham

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Transport

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Alex Davies-Jones)

We will implement the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, which lays a good foundation for ensuring that victims know the rights they should receive under the code and that agencies are held accountable for delivering them. We will consult on the revised victims code early next year, and we will go further by increasing the Victims’ Commissioner’s powers so that there is more accountability for delivering the code.