§ SIR HENRY CRAIKI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department under what statute the traffic 1214 of motor omnibuses in the streets of London is regulated; and whether they are subject to any restriction as to the amount of smell, noise, and vibration which they cause, from a failure to use machinery of the best type, or from their excessive weight.
§ MR. GLADSTONEThe traffic of motor omnibuses in London is regulated under the Motor Car Acts of 1896 and 1903, the several Public Carriage Acts, and the Orders made under the Motor Car and Public Carriage Acts. The maximum weight and permissible speed of these vehicles is laid down in the Local Government Board Order of the 27th December, 1904. Some check to unnecessary smell and noise is afforded by the regulations of the Commissioner of Police as to the conditions to be fulfilled before a licence is granted. Moreover the owners of vehicles which are found to offend in these respects are frequently served with notices forbidding them to use the vehicle again until the defect has been remedied.