§ Mr. PIKEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he will issue instructions to local education authorities urging upon them the necessity for school teachers arranging plans by which the safe transport of children leaving and returning to school shall become their responsibility or to implement school caretaking staffs where necessary to perform this duty, and so relieve the burdens at present placed upon the police?
§ Mr. RAMSBOTHAMMy Noble Friend assumes that the question refers1148W to the protection of children at road crossings. He is satisfied that local education authorities and teachers are fully alive to the importance of doing all in their power to protect children from traffic dangers. The particular method to be adopted in individual cases must depend on a knowledge of local circumstances.