HC Deb 30 April 1866 vol 183 cc161-2
MR. OWEN STANLEY

said, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If, in accordance with the Special Report of the City Traffic Committee, the Commissioners of Police in their respective districts, have been instructed by the Secretary of State for the Home Department to submit regulations for the traffic of the Metropolis?

SIR GEORGE GREY

said, in reply, that his hon. Friend must have misunderstood the purport of the Report of the Committee. They reported that the Bill was too limited in its operation, but they recommended that a general measure should be proposed which should regulate the traffic throughout the metropolis. It would be the duty of the Government to prepare a Bill for this purpose, but regulations could have no force without Parliamentary sanction.

MR. OWEN STANLEY

said, he wished to know whether the Government itself intend to take charge of the Bill?

SIR GEORGE GREY

said, that was their intention in accordance with the statement he had already made.