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New laws to stop old and dangerous tyres being used on the UK’s roads have been blocked by the Tories - for the second time.

Yesterday, Garston MP Maria Eagle presented the Bill in Parliament, which is part of mum Frances Molloy’s campaign in memory of her 18-year-old son Michael who died in a horror coach crash coming back from the Bestival music festival.

But it was immediately objected to in the House of Commons on Friday by the Conservatives , putting back the chance of it becoming legislation that any coach or bus has tyres no older than ten years.

Today, a defiant Mrs Molloy vowed to fight on and she told the ECHO: “Last night I was exhausted, as this is emotionally very draining, but this morning I’m back and more determined than ever.

“What they [the authorities] don’t realise is hell is where I live, this is my life. There’s very little they can do to hurt me.

“Not even the devil himself could take me on. Nobody should go through this hell.

“The determination and the drive is never going to go away as I’ve already lost Michael.

“Nobody is clear as to why the Tories are objecting.

“There’s no reason for it, so we’ve just got to keep pushing.

“It’s nonsense.”

The Bill is set to get a third reading next month.

Jesse Norman MP, Under Secretary of State for the Department for Transport, has previously told the Commons that the government is currently commissioning research to “investigate how the properties of materials used in tyre construction change during a tyre’s life.”

(Image: Gavin Trafford)

But the supporters of the ‘Tyred’ campaign say evidence on ageing tyres has already been obtained from three independent experts, along with the damning verdict from the coroner into the deaths of talented guitarist Michael, along with bus driver Colin Daulby, 63, and Kerry Ogden, 23.

They were all killed after the Merseypride coach’s 19-year-old tyre blew out, causing the catastrophic accident on the A3 in Surrey.

So far, the government has issued advice about ageing tyres, but stopped short of making it legislation.

National Express has joined Mrs Molloy’s campaign.

Figures reveal tyres are the single largest contributing factor when casualties arise from vehicle failings on UK roads and in 2015 there were over 38,000 tyre-related call-outs on our motorways and A-roads.

An online petition currently has 4,226 signatures, with 10,000 needed to force the government to “respond”, with 100,000 required for the issue to be considered for debate in the Commons.

The petition says: “Old tyres kill. We call on the government to act now and ban the use of dangerously old tyres on passenger service vehicles (PSVs). Guidelines are the lowest form of intervention, we need legislation to stop negligent operators and save lives.”

You can sign the online petition here .