29. Mr. SANDEMANasked the Minister of Transport how many cases there were in 1926 of accidents caused by the bursting of boilers on road vehicles propelled by steam; and how this figure compares with those for 1924 and 1925?
§ Colonel ASHLEYNo comprehensive figures are compiled by my Department from which the particulars asked for by my hon. Friend could be extracted. I understand, however, that all cases of burst boilers are reported to the Mercantile Marine Department of the Board of Trade, and I am informed by that Department that one accident occurred in 1926, due to the boiler of a road vehicle bursting. One accident also occurred from the same cause in 1924, but none in 1925.