§ Sir W. Brassasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether, in the post-war planning of the London streets, he will take powers to prevent local authorities from surfacing their streets with wooden bricks, which form a treacherous surface in wet weather, in view of the fact that the composition of a non-skidding surface is now well known?
§ Mr. Noel-BakerShortly before the war began, a committee was set up by the Ministry of Transport, with the help of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, to investigate the question of skidding on streets paved with wooden blocks. In its first Report, which was presented in 1940, it recommended forms of surface treatment which have, in practice, proved effective. The Committee have continued their experiments on the subject, and a further recommendation on the subject will very shortly be made. In view of these facts, I am not at present satisfied that it would be wise to adopt the course proposed by my hon. and gallant Friend.