ALOK SHARMA has once again called for criminals convicted of causing death by dangerous driving to be jailed for life.

The Reading West MP backed the campaign on Tracey Fidler and Hayley Lindsay to clamp down on killer drivers after their partners Kris Jarvis and John Morland were killed in February 2014.

Government chiefs recently launched a consultation in which they considered increasing the penalty for convicts to 14 years.

However, Mr Sharma retorted: "Whilst Ms Fidler and Ms Lindsay have been campaigning for a change in the law so that a driver who is found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving receives the maximum sentence, of 14 years, per person who has been killed, I do believe that the maximum penalty should be increased from 14 years to life imprisonment.

"Consideration should also be given to a minimum level of sentence which has to be served in its entirety without any remission.

"I also share my constituents’ views that sentences for causing multiple deaths by dangerous driving should run consecutively, and not concurrently."

He also called on people who are convicted of causing death by dangerous driving under the influence of drink or drugs, such was the case of Alex Walter who killed Ms Fidler and Ms Linday's partners, should also be jailed for life.

The distraught pair also set up a petition calling for the maximum sentence to be increased, which was signed by more than 100,000 people.

Mr Sharma, 49, wrote a letter to Minister for Prisons, Sam Gyimah, which reads: "I organised a meeting for Ms Fidler and Ms Lindsay with the then Prime Minister, David Cameron in February 2015.

"Mr Cameron was extremely sympathetic and wrote to the then Justice Secretary, Mr Grayling, asking him to consider ways that prison sentences for causing multiple road deaths could be extended.

"No doubt your officials will be reviewing all of this correspondence and the suggestions made as part of your consultation process.

"I hope in addition to all the submissions you receive, your Department will also pay attention to the online petition organised by my constituents which over 102,000 people from across the country have signed."

The consultation ended on February 1.