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The Road Traffic Act 1988 (Alcohol Limits) (Amendment) Bill [HL] is a private member’s bill introduced by Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Labour). The Bill received its first reading in the House of Lords on 3 June 2015, and is scheduled to be read a second time on 29 January 2016. The Bill proposes to lower the maximum alcohol limit when driving in the UK, and would move the rest of the UK in line with the new limits applied in Scotland since December 2014.

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