asked the Minister of Transport whether, in the interests of public safety, he will introduce legislation requiring heavy goods vehicles to be equipped with a second braking system for use in emergencies.

Heavy goods vehicles are already required to have a second means of operating the braking system or a second braking system.Draft regulations for improving the braking efficiency of goods vehicles, in particular by imposing specific standards of efficiency for service and emergency brakes, were recently circulated by the Department to interested organisations.

asked the Minister of Transport how many accidents involving loss of life have been due to the failure of the braking system of heavy goods vehicles in each of the years 1960 to 1964.

I regret that this information is not available.