§ 66. Mr. COMPTONasked the Home Secretary if he is prepared to take action to ensure that chars-a-bane, passenger-carrying lorries, etc., shall be subjected to similar police inspection as Metropolitan stage carriages and vehicles plying for public hire are at present subjected?
Mr. DAVIESIn so far as these vehicles are required by statute to be licensed by the Commissioner of Police 1887 of the Metropolis, they are subject to the same police inspection as other licensed stage carriages in the Metropolitan police district.