§ 44. Major HAYWARDasked what are the efforts which the Government has taken to put an end to the dispute between the. railway companies and taxi-cab drivers as to taxi-cabs entering railway stations; whether any and, if so, what progress has-been made in settling the dispute since Thursday last; and whether the control over the railways now exercised by the Government extends to giving it power to deal with this matter?
Sir A. STANLEYAs was stated in the reply to the hon. Member for Devonport on the 5th November I do not think that I can usefully intervene in this matter. I do not regard the Government control of railways as covering the charge in dispute which was agreed to by representatives of the cabdrivers, and was allowed by the Secretary of State under the provisions of the London Cab and Stage Carriage Act, 1907.