§ MR. COOPERTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, as he is unable to advise the police to prosecute the drivers of motor cabs who carry more passengers than their cabs are licensed to carry, except in cases of serious overcrowding, he has issued any instruction to the police explaining what serious overcrowding means; and, if so, will he give the regulation, and, if no instruction has been issued, whether this question is left to the discretion of each constable.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) As regards the instructions to the police, I can only refer the hon. Member to the 813 Answers given to former Questions on 27th May and 22nd June. The need for intervening must necessarily depend on the circumstances of each case, and be left to a great extent to the discretion of the constable.