§ SIR GEORGE BOWYERsaid, in the absence of his hon. and gallant Friend (Colonel Dunne), he wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If the Police Commissioner has any Instructions to permit Omnibuses which have been converted into Advertising Vans to continue to carry passengers, contrary to Mr. Fitzroy's Act for the prohibition of Advertising Vans?
§ MR. CLIVEsaid, in the absence of his right hon. Friend the Home Secretary, the reply he had to give was, that the Act gave power to the police to interfere with a view to secure light and ventilation in Omnibuses, and that power had been exercised in several instances by summons and conviction; but the police had no power to prohibit the display of Advertisements on those public conveyances. To prevent their being used for the purpose of advertising, fresh legislation would be required; but that legislation might be much opposed, as large incomes were derived from this source by Omnibus Companies. He understood that one Company derived as much as £1,500 a year from that source.