Roads and motoring: this week in Parliament and GOV.UK

Week of Monday 26 October 2026 to Sunday 1 November 2026. Updated automatically every Monday from Policy Radar's archive of official sources; next update Monday 9 November 2026.

This week at a glance

Debates, statements and motions

• Causing Death by Dangerous or Careless Driving: Sentencing

  Debate, 6 items · Wed 28 Oct · hansard.parliament.uk

Bills, amendments and new laws

• The Bus Services Act 2025 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) (England) Regulations 2026

  Statutory instrument · Wed 28 Oct · legislation.gov.uk

Written questions and answers

• Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

  4 written questions and answers · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

  4 written questions and answers · Treasury · Wed 28 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• With reference to the Minister for Roads' announcement during the Westminster Hall Debate on the regulation…

  3 written questions and answers · Department for Transport · Mon 26 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Armoured Fighting Vehicles

  2 written questions and answers · Ministry of Defence · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Large Goods Vehicles: Taxation

  2 written questions and answers · Treasury · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement

  2 written questions and answers · Ministry of Defence · Wed 28 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Boxer Vehicles: Repairs and Maintenance

  2 written questions and answers · Ministry of Defence · Tue 27 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Driving under Influence

  2 written questions and answers · Department for Transport · Tue 27 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Boxer Vehicles: Procurement

  2 written questions and answers · Ministry of Defence · Mon 26 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Bus Services: Franchises

  2 written questions and answers · Department for Transport · Mon 26 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Motor Vehicles: Crime

  Written answer · Home Office · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Speed Limits: Schools

  Written answer · Department for Transport · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

And 73 more question topics this week. Policy Radar alerts you to all of them for your own keywords.

GOV.UK: consultations, news and publications

• Updating the minimum emission standard for new road vehicles

  Consultation outcome · DfT · Tue 27 Oct · gov.uk

• Residential chargepoints: eligible vehicles

  Publication · OZEV · Fri 30 Oct · gov.uk

• Draft legislation: goods vehicles transitional provision for end of temporary rates

  Publication · HMRC · Wed 28 Oct · gov.uk

• Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) exemption for search and rescue vehicles

  Publication · HMRC · Wed 28 Oct · gov.uk

• Bus service improvement plan phase 1: intervention evaluation

  Publication · DfT · Tue 27 Oct · gov.uk

• Annual bus statistics: year ending March 2026

  Publication · DfT · Tue 27 Oct · gov.uk

• Quarterly bus fares statistics: July to September 2026

  Publication · DfT · Tue 27 Oct · gov.uk

• Driving test appointments: release dates and finding earlier tests

  Publication · DVSA · Mon 26 Oct · gov.uk

How this page is made

Every Monday we search the official items Policy Radar collected in the past week (Monday to Sunday) for these words in the title: roads, motorists, electric vehicles, vehicles, driving, speed limits, potholes, bus, buses. Written questions on the same subject are grouped together, and amendments are grouped by bill. Matching on titles is quick but rough: some relevant items will be missing and a few may be off-topic. Each item links to the official page. For fleet operators, motoring groups and the motor trade.