Richard Burden MP, Labour’s Shadow Roads Minister, responding to the news that the Government has further delayed the publication of a green paper on improving young driver safety, said:

“Road collisions are the biggest killer of young people today but the Government have once again delayed the Green Paper on young driver safety. Ministers first promised a green paper on young driver safety in the spring, then by end the end of year, but now it’s Christmas and we still don’t have it.

“Let’s not forget that this Green Paper will only set out initial proposals for discussion. That’s why I share road safety campaigners’ concerns that the Government won’t take action within this Parliament, and are just kicking a decision on this major public health and safety problem into the long grass.”