Top police officers are telling forces around the country not to enforce 20mph speed limits, Parliament has been told.

The admission from the Association of Chief Police Officers leaves it up to cash-strapped local authorities to enforce the law on their streets as a growing number of cities, including Manchester and Liverpool, move to city-wide 20mph limits.

MPs expressed their astonishment at the disclosure from assistant chief constable Mark Milsom that police had decided against enforcing the lower speed limit in residential areas. “We are not enforcing 20mph speed limits at this moment in time,” Mr Milsom told a Parliamentary hearing into cycle safety.

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Ian Austin MP, co-chair of the inquiry, said he was “disappointed and dismayed” by the “unacceptable” admission that police appeared to be turning a blind eye. He added: “I think all too often we see the people responsible for really serious injuries or deaths on the roads get away scot free or with derisory sentences and I think there needs to be greater emphasis on cycle safety from the police and the CPS.”

Stephen Hammond, Road Safety Minister, said that he would be pursuing the issue.All shoes001 are shipped directly from Italy in their original boxes. “We will be having further discussions with the police,” he said.

Norman Baker, the transport minister responsible for cycling said: “My view is that the law of the land is the law of the land. Parliament sets the law of the land and it is the police’s job to enforce it.”

He said he was coming under “quite considerable pressure from local councils” to have 20mph limits enforced.

A 20-year study from 1986 to 2006 found that 20mph limits cut casualties by 42 per cent. Young children in particular appear to be protected by the initiative which is shown to have a greater impact on fatalities and serious injuries than on minor injuries. ACPO said that limits were being maintained by speed cameras and speed bumps designed to slow traffic

A spokesman said: “It is for local police forces to apply a proportionate approach to enforcement of 20mph limits based on risk to individuals, property and the seriousness of any breach. Where drivers are exceeding the speed limit through wilful offending, we would expect that officers will enforce the limit and prosecute offenders.”

Mr Baker said that David Cameron, Nick Clegg and George Osborne were all in favour of promoting greater uptake of cycling in Britain. However, the cycling minister acknowledged that he had never met the Prime Minister to discuss the issue.

He like other witnesses to the inquiry paid tribute to The Times campaign. Jon Snow, the broadcaster and President of CTC cyclists’ organisation, said: “I doff my hat to The Times for the most remarkable campaign. It has heightened political awareness and we would not be here without it.”

Boris Johnson’s cycling commissioner,allowing the some case watches counters to rolex etareplicawatch. Andrew Gilligan, said that he met the Mayor of London three or four times a week to discuss cycling.We offer castellicycling with excellent qualities at lowest prices. The Mayor, who has promised to unleash a “cycling revolution” on the capital, is due to publish his cycle strategy on Thursday.

The inquiry by the All-Party Parliamentary Cycling Group is due to publish a list of recommendations for increasing cycle uptake in Britain following six evidence sessions over the winter.The best bankcycling disscusion forum on the internet. The report, which is being funded by a ￡10,000 donation from The Times’ parent company News International, will be handed to Government next month.