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in Parliament
(By Our Special Parliamentary Correspondent.)
DETAILED ACCIDENT STATISTICS.
THE Minister of Transport proposes to show, in his weekly statistics of accidents, as from April 9, the number of persons killed and injured per 100,000 of the population, where hitherto only the number of persons killed has been shown. It is also proposed to include a comparison of the aggregate numbers killed and injured in each police district from the beginning of the year and for corresponding weeks of last year.
NO PETROL-TAX REMISSION?
IN the House of Commons, Lieut.'Commander TufnelI asked whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer would give an assurance that at least that part of the petrol tax which was imposed during the financial emergency of 1931 would be removed so soon as practicable.
Mr. W. S. Morrison, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, replied that he could not anticipate any Budget statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. ASSISTANCE FOR AERODROMES.
U1PON the suggestion of Mr. R. ‘../ Robinson that financial assistance for providing civil aerodromes should be considered by the Government, Sir P. Sassoon, Under Secretary of State for Air, pointed out that this question fell within the purview of Sir Henry Maybury's Committee, which was expected to issue its report at an early date.
19 MOTOR PATROL ACCIDENTS.
DURING 1035, the Home Office states, 413 vehicles, driven by Metropolitan police on patrolling duties of all kinds, ran nearly 13,000,000 miles with only 19 accidents involving serious personal injury, including two fatalities.
The Home Secretary is satisfied that everything possible is being done to raise the standard of driving in the Metropolitan Police to the highest possible level. A driving school has been opened at Hendon and every police driver will eventually take a course of instruction there.