§ MR. MARKHAMI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, seeing that the cost of petrol is 50 per cent. higher in Paris than in London, and that the drivers of motor-cabs are paid higher wages in Paris than in London, he will say why he has fixed the fares for taxi-cabs at 8d. per mile and 2d. for each additional 440 yards when the rates in Paris are 7½d. for 1,300 yards and 1d. for each additional 430 yards.
§ *MR. HERBERT SAMUELThis Question is partly covered by my replies to the previous ones. In fixing the rates, my right hon. friend adopted a scale lower in some respects than that recommended by the Select Committee, and it appears to have met with general approval.