Lieut-Colonel James Horlick: I want to put in a plea for the Second Reading of the Bill. There are many points which can be amended in Committee. Everyone who has spoken has agreed on that. I do not wish to deal with the latter part of the speech of the hon. Member for Rotherhithe (Mr. B. Smith), in which he referred to the advisability of this Bill being brought in at the present time. I understand that the Minister...
Lieut-Colonel James Horlick: I beg to move, in page 37, line 18, to leave out the words "of £10," and to insert instead thereof the words being a trailer not exceeding 2 tons in weight unladen—£2.being a trailer exceeding 2 tons in weight unladen—4 The object of this Amendment is to reduce the proposed tax on trailers drawn by motor vehicles. The present tax is £10, which seems to me to be excessive. The effect of...
Lieut-Colonel James Horlick: I wish to say a few words on behalf of what appears to me to be a most excellent Bill. I think everybody realises the gravity of the state of the unclassified rural roads, but there is one point of view which has not yet been put forward, and that is that the great majority of motorists—and it is the motorists who find the money for this Road Fund—come from urban districts, and for the...
Lieut-Colonel James Horlick: In the country—
Lieut-Colonel James Horlick: In conclusion, I would just like to put in a plea to the Minister on the question of blind corners. It was mentioned by one hon. Member opposite, and, of course, it is obvious that the blind corner is one of the chief causes of dangerous accidents, and the fewer we can have the better. In the United States they have gone so far as to have large notices put on any roads coming into arterial...
Lieut-Colonel James Horlick: 35. asked the Minister of Health whether he has received any assurance from the leaders of the trade unions representing the building trade operatives that every encourage ment will be given to the employment of unskilled labour in the construction of houses made of concrete, steel, or timber; and whether, in the future, their opposition to the development of new methods of construction will...