§ MR. G. GOOCH (Bath)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the practice of falsifying the taximeter on motor-cabs; and, if so, whether he will take steps to check it.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) It is a fact that in some instance taximeters have been falsified. The Public Carriage Department of New Scotland Yard have under consideration the introduction of checks, which it is hoped will prevent this in future.