Ivan Lewis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ivan Lewis on 2014-06-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether officials in his Department consulted their Northern Ireland counterparts before publishing the draft Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2015.

Mr Robert Goodwill

Department for Transport officials worked closely with Northern Ireland colleagues throughout the Traffic Signs Policy Review. A meeting was held with the Devolved Administrations in February 2014, at which the proposed changes to the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions were presented.

The Northern Ireland Executive has also been invited to respond to the public consultation on the draft regulations.