§ MR. T. LOUGH (Islington, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the recommendation of the Departmental Committee on the cab service of the Metropolis, that, the police should issue cautionary notices for trivial offences before taking more severe measures against drivers, has been carried out; and how many of such notices have been issued during the years 1896 and 1897, and up to the present time in this year?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENTYes, the recommendation has been carried out; 834 cautionary notices were issued in 1896, 719 in 1897, and 157 so far in the present year.