amazing comment by a tireless defender against the War On The Motorist, from Hansard, 30 March 1984: Mr Greg Knight (Derby North)Several hon. Members have spoken of the need to educate cyclists. However, if any road user needs to be educated it is…
From the third reading of the Cycle Tracks Bill, Hansard, 27 April 1984: Mr Timothy Wood (Stevenage)I believe that there will be an increasing use of bicycles over the coming years. This will happen because of two major factors. First, the cost of…
See previously and again. We really have been saying this for 30 years. In the third reading of the Cycle Tracks Bill, Hansard, 27 April 1984: Mr Simon Hughes (Southwark and Bermondsey)The figures are interesting. The Cyclists Touring Club tells u…
This whole “debate” of two speeches is packed with amazing snippets for the archives of history repeating. From Hansard, 16 May 1985. We’ve got claims that there is a cycling revolution going on, that the department is “encouraging” local authorit…
Just another instance of claiming that there has been a cycling revolution, because there has been some sort of fluctuation in the statistical noise of miserably low cycling rates, from Hansard, 21 May 1985. Mr James Craigen (Glasgow Maryhill)In t…
An exchange from the house, recorded in Hansard, 10 June 1985, which is rather reminiscent of Norman Baker’s recent letter to local authorities, and their reply. Mr Jack Dormand (Easington)Is the Minister aware that there is a growing desire among…
Amazing exchange from a brief debate on road congestion, Hansard, 10 July 1989, in which disastrous and soon to be booted out Transport Secretary Paul Channon tells Andrew Smith explicitly that, because the Rover car plant is in his constituency, …
Road Safety debate, Hansard, 3 Nov 1989. Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North)I often cycle to this place. It is impossible to get here entirely on cycle routes from north London, which is where I live. The last part of the journey, which takes me do…
I collect quotes in which politicians boast of or “welcome” recent growth in cycling. Apparently, there has been a massive recent growth in cycling constantly for 30 years. Imagine that. This is a particularly fun one, from Hansard, 23 November 19…
my suspicion is that the Thatcher government, with its Great Car Economy, saw cycling as a mode of transport in terminal decline and saw no reason to modify policies that would have the effect of suppressing cycling. I understand the “cycle tracks…