§ MR. MARKHAMI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, seeing that at the recent Olympic Games the time of every race was correctly taken to one-tenth of a second, he will say if with a system of electric signals the speed of motor vehicles could be accurately taken; whether any application has been made by the Commissioner to him for money to install such electric appliances to prevent the law being daily broken by motorists; and whether he will see 1216 that any moneys necessary to enforce the law are granted to the Commissioner.
§ *MR. HERBERT SAMUELThe chronographs used by the Metropolitan police, which time accurately to one-fifth of a second, were adopted after full consideration of various electrical and other timing appliances. In the opinion of the Commissioner timing by chronograph is the method best adapted to the needs of the Metropolitan police and the conditions under which timing is effected by them.
§ MR. MARKHAMIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that the Commissioner of Police, in a letter to the hon. Member for the Mansfield Division, said he allowed four miles an hour over and above the legal limit owing to the difficulty of marking the exact time?
§ *MR. HERBERT SAMUELI am not aware.