§ MR. BOWERMANI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the fact that the speed of motor cars and motor cabs using Hyde Park is restricted to ten miles per hour, he will consider the desirability of applying the same limitation of speed to all mechanically driven vehicles using the public streets of the Metropolis, in which the danger to life and limb from high speed motor-driving is necessarily greater than in the royal parks.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSThe limitation on the speed of motor cars in Hyde Park was imposed under the powers conferred on the Commissioners of His Majesty's Works by the special legislation relating to the Royal Parks. As regards the streets of the Metropolis, regulations for the reduction of the speed of motor cars in them could only be made under the Motor Car Act, 1903, and on the application of the local authorities, viz., the County Council and the common council.
§ MR. BOWERMANIs the risk to life and limb not greater in the streets of London?
§ MR. JOHN BURNSIf that be so, and the London County Council and the Corporation of the City of London make representations to me, I shall not be reluctant to act.