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Driving Offences

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions she has had with her European colleagues on the possibility of penalty points given to foreign drivers by UK authorities being recognised in other European countries. (220544)

I have had discussions with my Irish and Northern Ireland colleagues. We announced on 26 June the decision of the UK and Ireland to work together towards the mutual recognition of one another's penalty points for motoring offences, including the mutual recognition of penalty points between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

We intend that the lessons learnt from co-operating with Ireland in this way will advise any further discussions we may have with other European colleagues going forward.