§ 50. Mr. BOSSOMasked the Minister of Transport, in view of the number of road accidents in which omnibuses are involved, whether he will take steps to require the conductors of all long-distance omnibuses to be trained in first-aid and also require all such omnibuses to carry a box containing first-aid equipment?
§ Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAMA large proportion of long-distance public service vehicles are express carriages or contract carriages, and such vehicles are required under the existing regulations to carry first-aid outfits. My hon. Friend, the Minister of Transport, does not think he would be justified in adopting my hon. Friend s proposal that a training in first-aid should be made a condition of employment of either drivers or conductors, but he will consider whether the desirability of a knowledge of first-aid could be usefully brought to the notice of those concerned.
§ Mr. MABANEWould it not be more useful if the drivers of omnibuses observed the speed limit of 30 miles an hour?