Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Blair says speeding levy not definite
BBC NEWS | Politics | Blair says speeding levy not definite:
"No decision has been taken on the idea of making speeding motorists pay ?5 to a fund to compensate victims of crime, Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.
On a phone-in on LBC radio, Mr Blair promised to listen to people's views about the controversial new proposal.
But he argued a way had to be found to compensate victims of crime whose perpetrators were never found. "
Perhaps we could start by concentrating on actually catching them, perhaps by putting more effort into criminal offences policing rather than road traffic act policing?
Of course he came out with this today, David Blunkett got a roasting on just about every current affaris and news program yesterday. Especially funny to see that the Home Office spokesperson for Labour is a Baroness.
"No decision has been taken on the idea of making speeding motorists pay ?5 to a fund to compensate victims of crime, Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.
On a phone-in on LBC radio, Mr Blair promised to listen to people's views about the controversial new proposal.
But he argued a way had to be found to compensate victims of crime whose perpetrators were never found. "
Perhaps we could start by concentrating on actually catching them, perhaps by putting more effort into criminal offences policing rather than road traffic act policing?
Of course he came out with this today, David Blunkett got a roasting on just about every current affaris and news program yesterday. Especially funny to see that the Home Office spokesperson for Labour is a Baroness.
