MR. CATHCART WASONI beg to ask the Secretary for Scotland if he can state how many applications for a speed limit on motors have been received from local authorities; how many have been granted; and how many declined.
§ THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (Mr. SINCLAIR,) ForfarshireApplications for a speed limit have been received since the Act came into force on 1st January, 1904, from seventy-five local authorities, and in twenty-eight cases orders have been made, while in twenty-seven cases the application has been 61 refused, withdrawn, or allowed to lapse, and twenty cases are at present under consideration.