HC Deb 04 August 1966 vol 733 c675
31. Mr. Varley

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consult with the police authorities with a view to making regulations on the supply to policemen who need to use cycles of more reflective material either on their uniforms or their cycles so as to minimise the danger to them when cycling in the hours of darkness.

Mr. Taverne

This is a matter for individual police authorities and at present I have no reason to think that regulations are needed. But if my hon. Friend has any additional information to give me, I shall be glad to consider it.

Mr. Varley

Will my hon. and learned Friend accept that there is a real danger on badly lit roads and country lanes to policemen and other road users, too? Will he watch the experiment currently going on in the Post Office, where they are trying out reflective material, fluorescent armbands, and that sort of thing?

Mr. Taverne

I think that this is certainly a matter which can be considered by the Police Uniform Committee which was recently set up by the Police Advisory Board.