*CAPTAIN FABERI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has granted permission to London hansom cabs to be fitted with taximeters.
§ MR. GLADSTONEI may refer the hon. Member to my printed Answer to the hon. Member for Darlington, which was circulated with the votes this morning.† My intention was, and is, to
†See page 512.692 enable every cab, whether horse-drawn or motor, to use a taximeter; but a difficulty has arisen in connection with such taximeters for horse-cabs as have hitherto been presented for approval. I am taking steps to remove the difficulty, which I hope to do very shortly; and besides this I am about to introduce legislation to prevent similar inconvenience in future.
§ MR. JOHN O'CONNOR (Kildare, N.)asked whether the motor-cabs in London were at present running illegally.
§ MR. GLADSTONEsaid that that was not the case. No difficulty had arisen under the new order in regard to the motor-cabs.