§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Transport whether, as a means of saving lives, and in order that injuries may be tended speedily in road accidents, he will require all vehicles to carry a statutorily defined first-aid kit, and a regulation fire extinguisher, on the same or similar basis as seat belts.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeFirst-aid kits and fire extinguishers are already compulsory equipment on most buses and certain other vehicles. We also advise motorists in the Highway Code to take basic first-aid training and carry a first-aid kit, and I hope that motorists follow that advice. But I do not regard this as a suitable matter for general compulsion.