Industry groups lobby for CBT extension
T
he Motor Cycle Industry Association (MCIA) is seeking parliamentary help to keep learner riders on the road during the current UK Covid lockdown, and calling for support from the trade. Lockdown restrictions mean that approved training bodies (ATBs) are prohibited from offering motorcycle training, resulting in riders being unable to renew their expiring CBT certificates. Consequently, those affected, including key workers, cannot legally use their powered two-wheelers – so impacting their ability to commute or carry out their jobs. To hopefully focus government attention on this issue, independent MP Jonathan Edwards has tabled an “early day motion” in parliament in support of the extension of CBT certificates. To generate parliamentary support for this initiative, the MCIA would like as many people as possible to write to their MPs, asking them to support and sign Early Day Motion 1462. For sample letters and how to identify your local MP, see the links below: y Example letter: bit.ly/CBTmemsupport y Business example letter: bit.ly/CBTbussupport y Find your MPs: members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP
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MAG SUPPORT The MCIA initiative has also attracted support from the Motorcycle Action Group, which has written to parliamentary undersecretary of state Rachel Maclean MP, arguing that continued refusal to extend Compulsory Basic Training (CBT) certificates is discriminatory. MAG claims that removing the legitimate use of motorcycles by not extending expiring CBTs is unfair. Motorcyclists are the only road user group facing this restriction on legitimate travel during the lockdown. MAG is not asking for a permanent change to the two-year renewal regulation. The call is for a temporary intervention of similar style to the first lockdown’s extension of MOTs. MAG is also urging its members to write to their local MPs.
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