MPs - what are they on?
Discussion
Just browsing the details of recent parliamentary questions and found this pressing question being asked by Ben Chapman MP:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to plant foliage on the central reservations of UK motorways.
Hardly strikes me as the most pressing of matters?!
The answer incidentally is
The Highways Agency, responsible for motorways in England, has no plans to plant the majority of central reservations. Since 1990 central reservations have been designed and constructed as hard surfaced areas often with integral drainage channels and cable ducts for lighting. These areas are in a hostile environment which is subject to the effects of de-icing salt, turbulence and dust and not suited for growing plants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to plant foliage on the central reservations of UK motorways.
Hardly strikes me as the most pressing of matters?!
The answer incidentally is
The Highways Agency, responsible for motorways in England, has no plans to plant the majority of central reservations. Since 1990 central reservations have been designed and constructed as hard surfaced areas often with integral drainage channels and cable ducts for lighting. These areas are in a hostile environment which is subject to the effects of de-icing salt, turbulence and dust and not suited for growing plants.
er head first in the Central reservation of the next new Motorway/Dual Carriageway to be built! TwTed, believe it or not it's a sensible suggestion.
They've had it in Germany France Switzerland since the birth of MWays! and the best thing is that numptydazzlers can't blind you because it's a lightscreen. Does not stop water run-off or power cables being put in! VERY sensible, costs virtually nowt and works as a real safety measure..... But good surfaces do come first.....
They've had it in Germany France Switzerland since the birth of MWays! and the best thing is that numptydazzlers can't blind you because it's a lightscreen. Does not stop water run-off or power cables being put in! VERY sensible, costs virtually nowt and works as a real safety measure..... But good surfaces do come first.....
In research on traffic speed, Direct Line insurance found that more than half Britain's motorists favour speed limiter technology being fitted to all new cars on a compulsory basis, and 53 per cent. are in favour of limiters being fitted to all cars retrospectively. Hon. Members may be surprised at the level of support for such measures.
Ehhhhhh??? me & Mrs Biker are with DL - neither of us said this, so what sort of pratt did???
C
but I also have a job to do! 
Doing a lot of driving in France, Belgium and Holland, I got to thinking about the trees they put in the central reservation, they do have advantages such as the dazzling mentioned above/below (depends how you view it!! ) and also they stop numpties slowing down and oggling accidents on the other carriageway - the down side is they shade the road from the sun so it stays wetter longer, and also the leaves....come autumn time (i.e. now) the road is covered in leaves and in wet weather they stick to the road and act like sheet ice
MB.
MB.
MB. said: Doing a lot of driving in France, Belgium and Holland, I got to thinking about the trees they put in the central reservation, they do have advantages such as the dazzling mentioned above/below (depends how you view it!! ) and also they stop numpties slowing down and oggling accidents on the other carriageway - the down side is they shade the road from the sun so it stays wetter longer, and also the leaves....come autumn time (i.e. now) the road is covered in leaves and in wet weather they stick to the road and act like sheet ice
MB.
You'd have thought they would have used Evergreens!
Matt.
What about Patricia Hewitt saying that an ad featuring a lady in a bra on a car ad is not pc and out of date?
Silly cow. I e-mailed PM (BBC) and suggested that if she had banged her head over the weekend, she should wait till the concussion settles down before she makes any further comment.
They didnt read it out.
Silly cow. I e-mailed PM (BBC) and suggested that if she had banged her head over the weekend, she should wait till the concussion settles down before she makes any further comment.
They didnt read it out.
I may be able to shed some light on this. Many years ago in the days of Maggie Mrs JSG used to work in the Parliamentary Questions office in Downing Street.
For Commons question time MPs had to provide their questions in writing beforehand so that the answers could be researched.
However once they had asked their question they could ask a supplementary question which was totally unconnected to the first one. Therefore a lot of daft questions get tabled which are then followed by the real one which the MP wanted to ask in the first place without the Minister being forewarned.
The most popular question to the Prime Minister has always been one asking for an outline of the official engagements for that week - the follow ons can be quite different.
Cheers,
JSG
For Commons question time MPs had to provide their questions in writing beforehand so that the answers could be researched.
However once they had asked their question they could ask a supplementary question which was totally unconnected to the first one. Therefore a lot of daft questions get tabled which are then followed by the real one which the MP wanted to ask in the first place without the Minister being forewarned.
The most popular question to the Prime Minister has always been one asking for an outline of the official engagements for that week - the follow ons can be quite different.
Cheers,
JSG
What are MPs on?
There are several types of MP mounting.
The soapbox is particularly common for the committed MP who perhaps ought to be committed, like Barbara Castle or the original mad cow Thatcher
Various types of poker mountings attached analy would be suitable for lib dem and new labour, yellow and red ones (temperature dependant) to suit their particular political stance
Conservative MPs seem to like being mounted in an altogether different manner.
Green party members prefer trees, which is nice for them, perhaps they could relocate to Alaska to help supplement the bears diet. Alternatively the female greens may prefer the Amazon Forrest where they might meet similar looking primates and start a family.
There are several types of MP mounting.
The soapbox is particularly common for the committed MP who perhaps ought to be committed, like Barbara Castle or the original mad cow Thatcher
Various types of poker mountings attached analy would be suitable for lib dem and new labour, yellow and red ones (temperature dependant) to suit their particular political stance
Conservative MPs seem to like being mounted in an altogether different manner.
Green party members prefer trees, which is nice for them, perhaps they could relocate to Alaska to help supplement the bears diet. Alternatively the female greens may prefer the Amazon Forrest where they might meet similar looking primates and start a family.
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