HC Deb 31 July 1930 vol 242 c680
23. Colonel ASHLEY

asked the Home Secretary the terms of the circular letter which the Minister of Transport promised, on behalf of the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, should be issued to chief constables on the passing of the Road Traffic Bill, emphasising the necessity of specifying on summonses for dangerous, or careless driving, or exceeding the speed limit the precise charge which is made against the individual in order that he may have exact notice of the charge against him; and whether a date has been fixed for the issue of such a circular?

Mr. CLYNES

I cannot yet give the terms of the circular. It will probably be issued shortly before the earliest date on which, as announced yesterday by my hon. Friend the Minister of Transport, the new provisions are likely to come into effect, that is, before November next.

Colonel ASHLEY

Then I take it that the promise which the Under-Secretary made in Committee upstairs will be carried out?

Mr. CLYNES

I think so.

Earl WINTERTON

Will the right hon. Gentleman consider incorporating in the regulations reference to the fact, which may not be known to the police, that the 10-mile speed limit will become inoperative as a result of the Bill, and that therefore the existing signs all over the country will no longer apply?

Mr. CLYNES

That point is worth consideration.