HC Deb 16 March 1960 vol 619 cc97-8W
Mr. Strauss

asked the Minister of Transport whether he is now in a position to make a statement about the parking of cars outside schools in Westminster and elsewhere.

Mr. Marples

I am now considering the advice tendered to me by the London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee on the most effective ways of dealing with the problem of cars parking outside school entrances in

is not available; the following table covering the years 1956, 1957 and 1958 shows the number of accidents in which the absence of a rear light or an inadequate rear light on a goods vehicle was reported by the police as being the primary cause of the accident.

the London area. I hope to inform the appropriate authorities of my plans and to make a statement in the near future.