Mr. Tom Ellisasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will introduce proposals for compensating the estates of persons killed as passengers in road vehicles prior to December 1972 when the insurance of passenger risks became compulsory.
§ Mr. HoramThere was no provision for retrospection in the legislation, which 399W came into operation on 1st December 1972; and I regret that I see no possibility for requiring it now.
Mr. Tom Ellisasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many fatal accidents occurred to passengers in motor vehicles for any convenient period before December 1972 when the legislation was introduced making the insurance of passenger risk compulsory; and how this compares with the figures since 1972.
§ Mr. HoramThe information is as follows
Passengers killed in motor vehicles: 1971 to 1976: Great Britain.
Year Number killed 1971 1,567 1972 1,546 1973 1,509 1974 1,354 1975 1,230 1976* 1,300 * Estimated.