Orders of the Day — Road Safety, Stoke Newington and North Hackney

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 13 March 1964.

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Photo of Vice-Admiral John Hughes-Hallett Vice-Admiral John Hughes-Hallett , Croydon North East 12:00, 13 March 1964

That is my information. But I have taken note of the other suggestions made by the hon. and learned Gentleman in connection with this site, and I shall represent them to my right hon. Friend.

I should like to return for a moment to the general problem of road safety. Whatever may be done by way of providing pedestrian crossings and punishing those who ignore the rules, something more is needed. We require a continuing compaign to educate people to use both common sense and courtesy on the roads. We encourage all local authorities to take part in the national road safety compaign which the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is conducting on our behalf. I understand that both boroughs in the constituency of the hon. and learned Gentleman, Hackney and Stoke Newington, are very active in this matter and I am delighted that this should be so. In the long run, this may well turn out to be the best approach to safety.