Part of New clause 1 – in the House of Commons at 10:34 pm on 1 April 1987.
Mr Edward Garrett
, Wallsend
10:34,
1 April 1987
The station referred to is Prudhoe, which is in the Constituency of the right hon. and learned Member for Hexham (Mr. Rippon). He has complained bitterly. The fact is that there are people who have examined the statistics presented by the chief ambulance officer, people who are statisticians and who have disputed those figures from that area.
However, I would like to point out that my hon. Friend the Member for Jarrow (Mr. Dixon) and I come from heavily industrialised areas. Prudhoe is an urban/rural area where there is less congestion of the roads. In my car I have checked some of those times and again, keeping within the permitted speed limits, I have found that those figures understate The Times.
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