§ MR. B. S. STRAUS (Tower Hamlets, Mile End)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has received any recent Report from the police directing attention to the number of market carts standing in the vicinity of Spitalfields Market on market days; and, if so, whether he proposes to take any steps with a view to the removal of this inconvenience to the public.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) I have not received any recent Report from the police on this subject. The matter was considered by the Royal Commission on London Traffic, who reported that the Corporation of the City, on acquiring this market, would take steps to remove the grounds of complaint. As the Attorney-General stated yesterday, in a reply to a Question by Mr. Stuart Samuel, litigation respecting the purchase of the leasehold of the market by the Corporation is still proceeding, and the Corporation will do everything that is possible to expedite matters. The police have no power to act within the market limits.