54. Mrs. Whiteasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he now has figures of road accidents occurring during Road Safety Week; and if they are greater or smaller than the average for comparable periods in October over the past three years.
§ 56. Mr. Orbachasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he is in a position to announce the accident figures for National Road Safety Week; and how they compare with the previous week and with the same week in 1952.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThis information is not yet available, but I am making special arrangements to publish figures soon, including a comparison with the same week in October, 1952.
Mrs. WhiteDoes the Minister consider that it is worth holding a road safety week and concentrating public attention on this matter and not also arranging for these figures to be published much more rapidly?
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI have to have some regard for the difficulties of police in this matter, and there is also the fact that there was this year a petrol strike which naturally threw out the value of all the calculations. On reflection, I think there is a case for speeding up the return and I have arranged to do it.