§ SIR THOMAS DEWAR (Tower Hamlets, St. George's)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the question of remedial measures for the prevention of street accidents will be brought within the scope of the inquiry of the Royal Commission on London Traffic, having regard to the fact that deaths from vehicular accidents in the streets of the Metropolis have increased by 26 per cent. during the last ten years, whilst personal injuries from accidents of this description have increased from nearly 6,000 to upwards of 9,000 during the same period.
*MR. AKERS DOUGLASThe terms of reference to the Royal Commission on London Traffic include the question of better provision for the organisation and regulation of vehicular and pedestrian traffic. I cannot, of course, say what the Commissioners may hold to be within the scope of their inquiry, but it seems not unreasonable to suppose that it may involve the consideration of measures for the prevention of street accidents.