§ MR. LAMBERT (Devonshire, South Molton)To ask the President of the Local Government Board if he will state the names of the forty-nine local authorities who have asked for a speed limit to be fixed under the Motor-Car Act; what are the names of the seventeen authorities who withdrew their applications; the reasons for such withdrawal; where the twelve local inquiries were held, and the two applications for a speed limit granted.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Bat four.) The number of local authorities, under the Motor-Car Act, 1903, who have made application in pursuance of Sections 8 and 9 of the Act, is forty-seven, and inquiries have now been hold in thirteen eases. The names of these authorities are given in the following list. The mark* against the name of any authority shows that an inquiry has been held with regard to their application.
The County Councils of— Anglesey Norfolk Cumberland Parts of Holland Denbigh Parts of Kesteven Hunts Radnor Isle of Ely West Sussex *Middlesex
§ * The Common Council of the City of London.
| The Town Councils of— | |
| *Beverley | Maidstone |
| Bexhill | Mossley |
| Blackpool | Newbury |
| Bradford | *Newport (Mon.) |
| *Bury | Oxford |
| Chipping Wycombe | Preston |
| Colchester | St. Albans |
| Deal | St. Helens |
| *Dover | Stockport |
| Ealing | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Gillingham | *Todmorden |
| Guildford | *Torquay |
| Harrogate | Wallsend |
| Huddersfield | Warwick |
| *Kingston on Thames | * Whitehaven |
| *Leeds | *Winchester |
| *Leigh | Worthing |
| Longton |
§ The names of the seventeen authorities who withdrew their applications are—
| The County Councils of— | |
| Cumberland | Parts of Holland |
| Isle of Ely | Parts of Kesteven |
| Port. | 1901–2. | 1902–3. | 1903–4. | 1904–5. |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Bristol Channel Ports:— | ||||
| Bristol | 218 | 955 | 833 | 597 |
| Cardiff | 464,790 | 611,685 | 646,784 | 593,581 |
| Gloucester | 7 | 10 | — | 33 |
| Llanelly | 7,782 | 9,645 | 9,314 | 9,226 |
| Milford | 45 | 44 | 21 | — |
| Newport | 95,143 | 133,852 | 146,195 | 145,911 |
| Port Talbot (included with Swansea prior to 1904–5) | — | — | — | 33,857 |
| Swansea | 87,890 | 110,467 | 99,784 | 67,712 |
| Total | 655,875 | 866,658 | 902,931 | 850,923 |
| The Town Councils of— | |
| Blackpool | Preston |
| Bradford | St. Helens |
| Deal | Stockport |
| Gillingham | Stoke on Trent |
| Longton | Wallsend |
| Maidstone | Worthing |
| Mossley |
§ I am not in a position to give the reasons for the withdrawal of the applications in these cases. Orders were issued imposing a limit of five miles an hour in respect of specified parts of highways in the county of Middlesex and the borough of Beverley.