§ MR. COOPER (Southwark, Bermondsey)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Departmental Committee appointed to consider the question of ambulances for street accidents in London have presented their Report, and when it will be issued.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) I am informed that the Committee are considering their Report, and hope to present it in the autumn.
§ MR. COOPERTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that during the sitting of the Departmental Committee on London ambulances litter ambulances amounting to more than 100 were placed in the streets of London; whether he will state by whose authority these ambulances were placed in the streets; how much was the total cost; and whether this cost will be a charge upon the rates.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) A large number of litter ambulances have been placed in the streets by my authority; some were authorised before the appointment of the Committee, others since its sittings commenced. The cost of a wheeled litter with the appliances and shelter is £35 14s. 6d. This is defrayed out of the Metropolitan Police Fund.