HC Deb 03 March 1955 vol 537 cc2218-9
6. Mr. Erroll

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a list of the local authorities which have not yet implemented the School Crossing Patrol Act.

Major Lloyd-George

I will, with permission, circulate a list in the Official Report.

Mr. Erroll

Is it not disgraceful that Cheshire County Council, one of the authorities in that list, should so far have refused to implement school crossing patrols on the ground that there have not been enough child victims to justify their introduction?

The list is as follows:

The following local authorities have not yet made arrangements for the provision of patrols under the School Crossing Patrols Act, 1953:

County councils.
Anglesey. Huntingdon.
Cardigan. Merioneth.
Cheshire. Radnor.
Cumberland. Rutland.
Devon. Wiltshire.
Flint.
County borough councils
Dewsbury. Sunderland.
Merthyr Tydfil. Wakefield.
Reading. Warrington.
I understand that the Reading Borough Council proposes to institute patrols in the next financial year, and that several authorities still have the matter under consideration.