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Mr. Moate
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to make a final decision about the introduction of legislation for the compulsory wearing of seat belts in motor vehicles.
Mr. Peyton
I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Weston-super-Mare (Mr. Wiggin) on 13th December 1973 and to Clause 10 of the Road Traffic Bill.—[Vol. 866, c. 190–2.]
Mr. Moate
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he can give an estimate of the number of lives that might be saved if all motorists wore seat belts.
Mr. Peyton
One thousand two hundred a year.