§ SIR SAMUEL SCOTT (Marylebone, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his negotiations with the railway companies with respect to the recommendations of the Select Committee on Cabs and Omnibuses, which sat last session, on the question of the privilege-cab system, have failed; and, if so, whether he will introduce legislation at an early date to give effect to those recommendations.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. GLADSTONE,) Leeds, W.As I said in a written Answer which I gave to the hon. Member for the Droitwich division of Worcestershire on the 18th instant, I am still in communication with the railway companies, and still have hopes of obtaining the desired result by friendly arrangement. Owing to the number and different characteristics of the different stations affected the Question is far from simple, but I am pressing forward my negotiations, and I have not relaxed in any way my declared intention of dealing with the matter.