§ 19. Sir ARTHUR MICHAEL SAMUELasked the Home Secretary if he will state the number of persons killed and injured, respectively, in Great Britain as a result of road accidents in August, 1932?
Mr. STANLEYFigures for Great Britain are not yet available; the numbers of persons killed and injured by such accidents in the Metropolitan Police District in August, 1932, were 113 and 4,844 respectively.
§ Sir A. M. SAMUELDoes not my hon. Friend think the time has arrived when he should summon the chairmen of watch committees and confer with them in the hope of arriving at some means of stopping this dreadful slaughter on the roads?
Mr. STANLEYI am in constant touch with the Minister of Transport to see if we cannot do something to meet a problem which all of us recognise as urgent.
§ Sir A. M. SAMUELIs my hon. Friend aware that a few days ago the magistrates at Newmarket fined a man only £5 for driving a car at 60 miles an hour through a village?