GDL: bill goes before parliament

MPs are being encouraged to back a new Bill that will set the wheels in motion for the introduction of graduated driver licencing. The Bill was presented to Parliament by Kim Leadbeater MP.

It proposes that the Government ‘makes provision about licences issued to new drivers for the period of six months after the issuing of the licence, for the purpose of increasing safety for road users; and for connected purposes’.

Speaking to BBC Breakfast, the Labour MP for Batley and Spen said: “We are losing far too many young people on our roads and we have to look at some ways we can try and reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries – and GDL is one way of doing that.”