David Norris (Independent)

I join with my colleagues in offering my sympathy to the parents, teachers and young schoolfellows of the five young girls killed yesterday. It is shocking they were cut off at this age in their teen years. From what I heard on the radio, they were all pleasant and intelligent people who would have made a great contribution to life.

I raised this issue in the House on 2 December 1998, with particular reference to special schools. There were discrepancies between the measures taken for the safety of children attending special schools with two or three students occupying one seat and a lack of safety belts on buses. I suppose this is not an appropriate moment——