§ MR. LYTTELTON (St. George's, Hanover Square)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a period of reasonable experiment having now passed he will state what measures have been and are now being taken to diminish the suffering to individuals and the damage to property caused by the noise, dust, and stench of motor omnibuses and other engine-propelled conveyances.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) I am afraid that I cannot add anything to the reply on this subject which I gave to the hon. Member for North Paddington on the 10th instant, which was as follows—The regulations under which motor omnibuses are controlled were considered and approved by a Select Committee of the House of Commons, and are being strictly enforced. Unduly noisy omnibuses arc warned off the streets. Every effort is being made to improve matters, and in the opinion of the Commissioner of Police a marked improvement has been effected. In some places the state of the roadway is responsible for most of the vibration and some of the noise