Early day motion · EDM 1927 · 16 Sep 2025

Pavement parking consultation response

Tabled by Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat) 39 signatures

The motion

That this House regrets the failure of successive Governments to respond in full to the consultation entitled Pavement parking: options for change, which closed on 22 November 2020, despite widespread evidence of the dangers caused by pavement parking and overwhelming public support for reform; notes that this delay has left many older people, people with disabilities, families with young children, and those with sight loss without safe access to pavements; calls on the Secretary of State for Transport to publish the Government’s formal response without further delay; further calls on the Minister for Roads to introduce legislation to institute a default national prohibition of pavement parking in England, with sensible local exemptions where necessary, and for civil enforcement powers to be granted to local authorities; and urges the Government to lay out a clear timetable for implementation of these reforms.