§ 38. Mr. Liptonasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation in how many cases during the past three years road accidents have been caused by straying dogs.
§ Mr. NugentDuring the three years ended 30th November, 1957, dogs in the 1172 carriageway contributed to 8,047 road accidents involving personal injury.
§ Mr. LiptonIs not it quite obvious that many of these accidents could have been avoided and lives saved if the law were enforced requiring that every dog should have some means of identification on its collar, and if fines were imposed on dog owners who did not comply with the law on the subject?
§ Mr. NugentA great many of these dogs do not have collars. The whole problem is one of enforcement. That is why we have left it to local authorities to decide whether they wish to have regulations about dogs.