§ MR. CATHCART WASON (Orkney and Shetland)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Local Government Board if any inquiry has been held in reference to the recent motor car accident at Eton; and if any steps will be taken to prevent a repetition of the same.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. WALTER LONG, Bristol, S.)I presume the hon. Member alludes to an accident near Wantage on Saturday week when a collision occurred between a motor cycle ridden by a boy and a motor car. The boy, I deeply regret to learn, died as a result of the accident. I understand that at the inquest the jury returned a verdict of "accidental death," and exonerated from blame the driver of the motor car, which was stated to be going at not more than four miles an hour at the time of the occurrence. I am not aware that any inquiry other than that by the Coroner has been held in this case. The matter does not seem to me to call for any action on my part.