The Disabled Motorists Federation's National Vice-President Peter Lyne is one of only eight members of the public from within the Greater Merseyside and Cheshire region to have been elected to serve as a member of the Crown Prosecution Service's Community Involvement Panel.

The CPS's office for this region is located at the Liver Buildings in Liverpool and addresses the needs of a population of about 2 million.

Peter stated during a previous interview with the CPS's Equality, Diversity and Community Engagement Manager that he very much wanted to link in many of the issues already being promoted in the extensive editorial he has been given both in the Parliamentary Yearbook's website and 'hard copy' publication (due for distribution later this year, after the General Election).

It is vitally important that more organisations be they community groups, charities,or central and local government departments come together to help create safer and more inclusive societies for disabled people and their carers as well as assisting the police in tackling issues relating to disability hate crime and crimes against members of ethnic minority groups.

By creating safer societies will mean that disabled people will have more confidence in leaving the security of their own homes and will be able to participate in a wider range of activities including sport, recreation, leisure and education currently enjoyed by non-disabled people. It will also enable them to gain more easily accessible opportunities to attend appointments within GP surgeries, community clinics or hospitals.