§ 59 Mr. LOVAT-FRASERasked the Minister of Transport (1) whether he has observed that the recently issued report of the committee on road safety among school-children has stated that the killing of over 1,000 children a year in road accidents is too heavy a price to pay for the advantages of mechanical transport on the road; and whether he proposes to take steps to reduce this toll of life;
(2) whether he has observed that in the recently issued report of the committee 1006 on road safety among schoolchildren the committee has commented on the inadequacy of the penalties imposed by the courts on drivers of motor vehicles for breaches of the law involving death and injury; and whether he will take steps to remedy this mischief;
(3) whether he has observed that, in the recently issued report of the committee on road safety among schoolchildren, the committee advocates a more general use by the courts of their power to disqualify drivers who have been guilty of dangerous or inconsiderate conduct; and whether he will take steps to get this recommendation adopted?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHACertainly. I will send my hon. Friend copies of the circulars sent to all local authorities with copies of the report, and I hope that in every appropriate quarter due weight will be attached to the committee's observations.