HC Deb 06 July 1995 vol 263 cc341-2W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to investigate whether bull bars have caused preventable death; and what plans he has to advise the Department of Transport in respect of controls on these bars. [32919]

Mr. Sackville

By the end of the year, the Department of Transport hopes to be able to produce an interim report on accidents involving vehicles fitted with bull bars. It is currently analysing information collected in 1994 by 30 police forces in England, Scotland and Wales. The Department of Health is liaising closely with the Department of Transport, which will be considering what action might be taken to control the use of bull bars.