§ 28. Mr. HANNONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education if his attention has been called to the action of the chief constable at Stoke-on-Trent who provided a policewoman lecturer to address children in elementary schools on traffic dangers and how to avoid them; if the result of this educational experiment has been to reduce the number of accidents to school children; and if education committees generally will be encouraged to provide facilities for instruction of the same kind?
§ Mr. RAMSBOTHAMMy Noble Friend is aware of the arrangements in question. He understands that the authority are satisfied that the talks have been effective and that- there are grounds for thinking that they have resulted in some reduction in the number of street accidents to children of school age. As regards the last part of the question, memoranda on traffic dangers have been issued by the Board to local education authorities from time to time, and my Noble Friend has every reason to believe that authorities are alive to the importance of warning children in their schools, either by notice or by the provision of special instruction, on the subject of traffic dangers generally.
§ Mr. HANNONRelating to this particular experiment at Stoke-on-Trent, will my hon. Friend call the attention of education authorities throughout the 1330 country to the importance of the result which has been achieved by the action taken by the chief constable?
§ Mr. RAMSBOTHAMI think that the question, and the answer which I have given, will have the desired effect.