HC Deb 22 July 1970 vol 804 c117W
55. Sir G. de Freitas

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will introduce legislation to deal with the abuses of inertia selling on the basis of a code used by a cosmetics firm in his constituency, details of which have been supplied to him by the right hon. Member for Kettering.

Mr. Anthony Grant

I welcome sound voluntary codes of conduct, but their great merit lies in application of the spirit rather than the letter of their provisions, and as such they are not—

NUMBERS OF PASSENGERS KILLED ON BRITISH AIRLINES AND THE NUMBERS CARRIED 1961–1969
British Airlines Total B.O.A.C. Scheduled Services B.E.A. Scheduled Services Private Companies Charter
Year Passengers killed (No.) Passengers carried (000) Passengers killed (No.) Passengers carried (000) Passengers killed (No.) Passengers carried (000) Passengers killed (No.) Passengers carried (000)
1961 87 7,881 Nil 845 20 4,355 67 947
1962 111 8,760 Nil 910 Nil 4,797 101 953
1963 Nil 9,962 Nil 942 Nil 5,440 Nil 1,184
1964 75 11,507 Nil 1,137 Nil 5,989 Nil 1,596
1965 53 13,079 Nil 1,304 30 6,707 Nil 2,033
1966 204 15,237 113 1,448 Nil 7,229 91 2,906
1967 211 15,765 Nil 1,513 59 7,377 152 3,224
1968 48 16,146 4 1,475 Nil 7,564 Nil 3,751
1969 Nil 18,605 Nil 1,791 Nil 8,331 Nil 4,930