摘要: |
In an address to Parliament in March, the Member of Parliament for Ealing Central and Acton, Rupa Huq, asked a question of her colleagues. Ms Huq raised the issue of women's safety on the UK's streets, which in light of the recent kidnap and murder of South London woman Sarah Everard, is understandably at the forefront of many minds. But in a confusing move to many, Ms Huq didn't reference women's safety generally, but instead she specifically asked about the connection between safety and LTNs, urging her peers to agree that any reappraisal of LTNs across the country should ensure 'consideration of women's safety and fear of crime is mandated,' implying that the schemes somehow leave women at greater risk because of the lack of passing traffic. |