§ Mr. Mainwaringasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport what number of men employed at a certain site are conveyed there other than by a public service or means provided by the contractors; what number of accidents have occurred to the private conveyances arranged for and the number of men involved; and what steps he is taking to provide a remedy for this state of affairs?
§ Mr. Harold MacmillanI have been asked to reply. Some thousands of men have been employed at this site and the majority are conveyed there by public services or means provided by the contractors. Some live locally and some make their own arrangements. I have been informed of an accident on a certain road on 1st September, 1941, in which five men employed at this site were injured. The use of public service transport on this road had been prohibited and the contractors do not provide any means of transport over it. Notices have been displayed on the site warning employees that if they travel by conveyance not properly licensed for the conveyance of passengers under the Road Traffic Act, 1930, they do so at their own risk, and the Ministry would not wish to retain on the work any man who cannot travel by authorised transport.