85. Mr. ROY WILSONasked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the serious and frequent accidents which occur to cattle and horses on many of the rural roads in the country due to these roads being completely coated with a smooth tarred surface, thus rendering it difficult for animals using the roads to obtain a secure footing; and if he will arrange for all roads to have, a margin free from tarred surface, on each side of main roads or upon one side of roads which are not sufficiently wide to permit of a 1193 margin on each side, so that cattle, horses and horse-drawn traffic may use these roads in safety?
§ Colonel ASHLEYI am aware of the difficulty referred to by my hon. Friend, and am encouraging highway authorities to make some provision for live stock, where practicable, though this may not take the form of an untarred strip of carriageway.