§ 17. Viscount CURZONasked the Minister of Transport whether anything can be done to lessen the number of taxicabs crawling for hire along the principal streets and through the points of greatest traffic congestion during certain hours, in view of the danger thereby caused and the obstruction to traffic created.
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir John Baird)My right hon. Friend has asked me to reply to this Question. With regard to the general subject of crawling cabs, I would refer the noble Lord to the Report of the Select Committee of 1906. Legislation would be necessary to deal with the subject, and the Committee declined to recommend legislation. The Commissioner reports that he has no information before him to suggest that the nuisance is now of serious dimensions or indeed amounts to anything like what it did in the days of the horse cabs.
§ Viscount CURZONDid the Committee on London traffic make any recommendation on the point?
§ Sir J. BAIRDI cannot say without notice.