HC Deb 27 March 1930 vol 237 cc577-8
16. Mr. DAY

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can state the number of persons prosecuted, during the 12 months ended to the last convenient date, under the Road Transport Lighting Act, 1927, for not being provided, between the hours of darkness, with a red rear light or, alternatively, an efficient red reflector?

The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Clynes)

Figures are not available for the whole country, but in the Metropolitan Police District the number of prosecutions taken during the 12 months ended 31st Decem- ber, 1929, in respect of failure to provide a red rear light or an efficient red reflector during hours of darkness, was 4,935.

Mr. DAY

Can my right hon. Friend obtain the figures for the provinces, because this is a much greater offence on dark roads?

Mr. CLYNES

My reply stated that the figures are not available, but I will inquire further.