Eric Martlew, Labour MP for Carlisle, introduced a private member's bill in January calling for the wearing of cycle helmets to be made compulsory for children (News, 21-27 January).
It will receive its second reading in the House of Commons on 23 April.
During Prime Minister's Question Time last week, Blair said he hoped the Government would be able to support Martlew's bill.
He told MPs: "We will give serious consideration to it.
"For children, our target is to reduce deaths and serious injuries by 50 per cent by 2010. By 2002, we had already reduced deaths and serious injuries by 33 per cent, so a large number of children have been saved from death or serious injury."
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