§ MR. WATT (Glasgow, College)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the number of licences for motors and vehicles drawn by motors and licences for hackney motors and vehicles drawn by motors, excluding under each head motor bicycles and tricycles, respectively, issued by the Board of Inland Revenue during the year 1907 and during the period 1st January to 30th September, 1908.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) The total number of licences for motors or vehicles drawn by motors for the yea-ended 31st December, 1907, was 40,902, and for hackney motors was 14,666. These figures exclude motor bicycles and tricycles. The corresponding figures for the nine months ended 30th September, 1908, are not yet available.