An MP has called on the Government to consider making helmets compulsory for cyclists in order to reduce brain injuries.
Bill Grant, Conservative MP for Ayr , Carrick and Cumnock, said more people were surviving brain injuries than ever, but more could be done.
During a debate on acquired brain injuries, he told MPs: "Having spent 31 years in the fire service and having attended needless road accidents, can I commend those who invented and installed airbags, for which there is no measure of the number of brain injuries they have reduced."
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Grant said it was a Conservative government that introduced the compulsory wearing of seat belts, and crash helmets for motorcyclists, and perhaps this government should now consider it for cyclists .
"Would it be worth considering the compulsory wearing of safety helmets for cyclists, as I'm sure that would reduce brain trauma injuries in the future," he said.
