§ 66. Sir PHILIP RICHARDSONasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that in the outlying parts in the county of Surrey there were no prosecutions of public vehicles for exceeding the speed limit during the first three months of this year, whereas there were 466 prosecutions of owners of light cars; and whether offences against the law as to speed limit are confined to vehicles other than public vehicles plying for hire?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir William Joynson-Hicks)Yes, Sir; the figures quoted are from a recent Home Office return, but the explanation is certainly not that suggested in the last part of the question. Public vehicles plying for hire are, like other vehicles, subject to the general law.