§ As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
§ 2.45 p.m.
§ Major Sir Frank Markham (Buckingham)I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.
I move this Motion with great pleasure. On Second Reading, the Bill had support from all sides of the House. It was slightly amended in Committee, which I thought considerably improved the Bill, and now it is in its final shape 652 to carry out the recommendations of the Guillebaud Report, in that at great sports meetings, athletic contests, and so on, where there is occasionally a danger to human life and limb, it will now be possible, under the Bill, to have ambulances stationed in readiness by local authorities, on request. Hitherto, that has not been possible.
Clause 1 (2) meets the requirements of the Ministry of Transport that a vehicle moving in this manner to the aid of injured persons should not be classified as a vehicle for hire.
It is with great pleasure that I move the Third Reading, and I hope that the House will give the Bill the support and reception which it gave on Second Reading.
§ Question put and agreed to.
§ Bill accordingly read the Third time and passed.