Government white paper on health - some h*lm*t content

Having been galvanised into action by the recent publicity regarding
the BMA change of stance regarding h*lm*ts (Oi, Chapman, that's your
fault you know), I've downloaded the recent white paper on health (the
one that will stop smoking in pubs where freshly killed foxes are
served).

Interestingly (IMHO) it makes no mention of h*lm*t compulsion while it
does talk about the need to promote cycling to schools as part of the
drive to reduce/prevent childhood obesity.


The excutive summary notes that "Over a third of people are not active
enough to benefit their health, and rates of walking and cycling have
fallen over the last 25 years."

It also says: "we will drive forward the new National Standard for
cycle training across England by 2006, through new support for
instructor training schemes and advice to local communities on
implementation."

Does anyone know what the National Standard entails?

So, at first glance it seems (a) not too bad, depending on
interpretation, from an encouraging cycling POV and improving training
and (b) to have no helmets.


Comments?


Tim