§ 76 and 77. Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, (1) how many accidents on roads occurred, involving schoolchildren and adults, respectively, during the second half of November in each of the last four years;
(2) how many fatal or serious road accidents have occurred since the introduction of British Standard Time; and what were the figures for the comparable period of time in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. Ross:I cannot at present add to the information given in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen, South (Mr. Dewar) on 12th December, as the full analysis of the road casualty statistics for November has not yet been completed.—[Vol. 775, c. 206.]
§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland in the survey into accident rates in Scotland at present in connection with a possible review of British Standard Time, if he will investigate whether children are more or less alert when going to school in the morning as against returning in the evening.
§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give, 393W for each of the last three years, statistics showing the number of accidents to children between the ages of five and 15 years in the hours 8 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 5 p.m., respectively, in the last two weeks in November.
§ Mr. Ross:I cannot at present add to the information given in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen, South (Mr. Dewar) on 12th December, as the full analysis of the road casualty statistics for November has not yet been completed.—[Vol. 775, c. 206.]