HC Deb 20 March 1900 vol 80 cc1313-4
MR. WEIR

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in view of the fact that omnibus conductors are not empowered by law to demand payment of the fare before the termination of the journey, will he state whether any steps can be taken to obviate the annoyance to passengers caused by the entering an omnibus, by ticket inspectors, which already contains its full complement of persons.

SIR M. WHITE RIDLEY

I must refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave to the hon. Member for North Donegal on the 5th inst., to the effect that I have no power to interfere with this practice.* I may add that I do not wish to be taken as accepting as a fact the view of the law expressed in the question.