§ Mr. MILLSasked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that workmen travelling by motor cycle and pillion to their daily work are being stopped by constables in order to examine pillion seats; and whether there is any instruction yet issued as to what constitutes a pillion seat?
§ Mr. HERBERT MORRISONBy Section 16 of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, it is unlawful for any person in addition to the driver to be carried on a motor bicycle otherwise than sitting astride the cycle and on a proper seat securely fixed to the vehicle behind the driver's seat. The enforcement of the law is a matter for the police. I have no authority to define by regulation or otherwise what is meant by the expression "a proper seat."