Car Safety Belts

HC Deb 30 July 1963 vol 682 cc217-8

16. Mr. Wingfield Digby

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science when he will publish the results of the further investigation into car safety belts by the Road Research Laboratory, in view of the need for early standardisation to reduce cost of fitting.

Mr. Denzil Freeth

A further report by the Road Research Laboratory should be published in the autumn.

Mr. Digby

Will my hon. Friend bear in mind the need to publish these things quickly, because meanwhile the diversification in types of seat belt seems to be continuing and people wonder which is the best type to use?

Mr. Freeth

A number of these studies are, of course, printed in the form of laboratory notes and sent to those who are on the mailing list of the Road Research Station. I would willingly send my hon. Friend a copy of any of the studies which he would like to have, but the latest study has, I understand, been accepted for publication in a journal and should appear in September or October.