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date	03/02/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Lighting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of halogen bulbs in recently manufactured cars on a driver's eyesight when driving at night.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	63056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>Halogen bulbs have been used in cars for many years but no specific assessment has been made of their effect on drivers’ eyesight.</p><p> </p><p>However, in response to a UK initiative, an international review of the glare effect of modern vehicle lighting is underway at the UN-ECE technical expert group and should report by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 08/02/2017 15:04:45 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

420328

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Lighting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of amending the road traffic construction and use regulations to prohibit blue lights on non-emergency vehicles.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	11221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The specification including colour and use of lamps on road vehicles are the subject of The Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations 1989. Only emergency vehicles are permitted by this legislation to have blue special warning lamps and warning beacons. No assessment has been made to amend these regulations for blue lamps or warning beacons on non-emergency vehicles, as the prohibitions already exist.</p><br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 19/10/2015 11:22:24 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

420329

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Lighting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will amend the road traffic construction and use regulations to require dashboard warning lights for faulty brake lights to be mandatory.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	11222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Dash board warning lights are the subject of the Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations 1989. There are no specific requirements for brake light failure warning and there are no plans to amend them. The optional fitment of such a warning light is permitted.</p><br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 19/10/2015 10:52:32 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson