It's unlikely, but this could depend on the fuss that gets made. Uncontroversial private members' bills sometimes go through 'on the nod', controversial ones can get talked out, officially objected to or adopted by the government by the promise of an enquiry. If Eric Martlew MP thought mandatory cycle helmets for children was a 'soft' issue, one that nobody could seriously object to, he clearly wasn't briefed very well by the Bicycle Helmet Initiative Trust.
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Cannondale bike factory profiled on Travel Channel
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Read More »MPs take note: it’s not ‘cycling fascism’ to be anti helmet compulsion
Eric Martlew MP branded the Association of Cycle Traders as "cycling fascists" when he learned the bicycle dealer organisation was opposed to his helmet mandation bill for children. BikeBiz.com is pro-helmet but anti-compulsion. And it's important to note this is also the view of the not-at-all-lunatic-fringe British Medical Association.
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