HC Deb 12 August 1913 vol 56 cc2244-5
39. Captain MURRAY

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, looking to the fact that motor omnibuses in London must first pass a test for silence before being licensed, he will consider the advisability of applying the sante test to the motor vans used by the Stationery Office?

The UNDER-SECRETARY for the HOME OFFICE (Mr. Ellis Griffith)

The Secretary of State has statutory power to prescribe the conditions under which public carriages may be licensed. This power does not extend to other motor vehicles.

MURRAY

Is not a motor van on the same footing as a public vehicle?

Mr. ELLIS GRIFFITH

It is not in the ordinary sense a public carriage.