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Grayling faced criticism in December after footage was passed to the Guardian showing the incident in which his door knocked over cyclist Jaiqi Liu.
While Grayling did check with Liu to see if he was OK, he did not offer his details. He was only identified after another cyclist, whose on-bike camera filmed the incident, recognised the minister from coverage of the interview where he complained about bike lanes.
Ian Austin, another Labour MP, wrote to Grayling’s department asking why he did not pass his details to Liu.
The answer, from junior transport minister Andrew Jones, said: “This was an unfortunate accident. My Rt Hon friend the secretary of state got out of the car, checked the cyclist was okay and waited until he was back on his feet.
“He spoke to the cyclist and apologised; they shook hands. No details were requested at the time by either party. The secretary of state has since been in contact with the cyclist and the matter is closed.”
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Oliver Schick
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Has he been charged yet for dooring a cyclist and then leaving the scene?