§ Mr. D. GRENFELLasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport what results have been shown by the experiments relating to road surfaces, particularly with regard to slippery roads and the problem of improved shoeing devices for the safety of horses; and whether he is going to issue recommendations arising from the report of these experiments?
§ Colonel ASHLEYIn October, 1921, a report was presented to the Minister of Transport on the findings of an expert committee, appointed at the Minister's request by the President of the County Surveyors' Society, to consider the question of slippery roads from the point of view of horse traffic. The committee carried out exhaustive experiments with 245W various kinds of shoeing devices and on different types of road surface. I am sending the hon. Member a copy of the report, and after reading it I think he will agree that the conclusions are not sufficiently definite to warrant the issue of specific recommendations.