§ 28. Mr. HALL-CAINEasked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to the decision of the Banffshire Road Board that, as the present condition of many roads makes them dangerous for horse traffic, they will provide a strip of four feet in width which will be left rough along each side of county roads for the use of such traffic; and whether he will review the merits of this decision so that it may be extended to other roads in Great Britain where necessary?
§ The MINISTER of TRANSPORT (Mr. Oliver Stanley)My attention had not previously been called to the provisions 1286 made by the Banffshire Road Board for horse traffic. Section 58 of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, declares that it is the duty of Highway Authorities to provide adequate grass or other margins for the safety or accommodation of ridden horses and driven livestock where they deem it necessary or desirable to do so. The attention of all Highway Authorities was drawn to this section in March, 1931.