§ 67. Mr. Holtasked the Minister of Transport if, in the interests of road safety, he will draw the attention of local authorities to the possibility of improvements in road lighting by adopting the cut-off non-glare system; and if Her Majesty's Government will make a contribution towards the capital cost of conversions.
§ Mr. MarplesLighting authorities already have authoritative technical guidance in the British Standard Code of Practice for Street Lighting on Traffic Routes, which is well known to lighting engineers and widely relied on. The Code recommends cut-off lighting in certain conditions, but other modern lanterns of the medium-angle beam type, correctly mounted and positioned, reduce glare to tolerable proportions on most lengths of road and are less expensive. I am prepared to contribute to improved188W lighting systems on trunk roads which are approved by my lighting engineers. I have no power to contribute to the cost of street lighting systems on other roads.