Question follow-through · 104016
Motor Vehicles: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has considered proposals to require all new cars to be fitted with clearly visible window-breaking tools and seatbelt cutters above each window, and whether it plans to make such safety e
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 7 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 13 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has considered proposals to require all new cars to be fitted with clearly visible window-breaking tools and seatbelt cutters above each window, and whether it plans to make such safety e
12 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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13 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Department for Transport has commissioned research to look into whether an emergency exit tool could be added to the list of recommended emergency equipment that is contained in Rule 97 of the Highway Code.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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