§ 44. Mr. W. BAKERasked the Minister of Transport what restrictions are placed upon the delivery of coal in the main London thoroughfares during the busy hours of the day; whether such regulations have given satisfaction to the authorities; and whether he is prepared to recommend an extension of the regulations to cover other industries involving heavy and bulky goods?
Colonel ASKLEYThe answer is a long one, and I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Captain GARRO-JONESDo the same or similar restrictions which apply to coal apply also to the delivery of beer or other alcoholic liquors?
§ Colonel ASHLEYYes, Sir, to a certain extent.
§ Following is the answer:
§ It is provided by Section 15 of the Metropolitan Streets Act, 1867, that between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. no coal shall be loaded or unloaded on or across any footway within the "special limits" of that Act. The streets included within the "special limits" are shown on pages 31, 32 and 33 of the Metropolitan Traffic Manual, 1922. As regards the City of London, Regulations have been made in pursuance of Section 2, Sub-section (2), paragraphs B, C, D, of the City of London (Street Traffic) Act, 1909, providing that 1067 between 9.30 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Mondays to Fridays, inclusive, and between 9.30 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturdays no coal or coke shall be loaded or unloaded on to any footway in any of the streets scheduled to the Regulations. A list of these streets will be found on page 41 of the Metropolitan Traffic Manual, 1922. The same restrictions apply to the loading or unloading of beer casks or beer barrels, both in the "special limits" referred to above and in the specified streets within the City of London. I have asked the London Traffic Advisory Committee to advise me whether it is desirable to make Regulations under Section 10 and paragraphs (7) and (8) of the Third Schedule of the London Traffic Act, 1924, prescribing the conditions subject to which, and the times at which,
- (a) articles may be loaded on to or unloaded from vehicles, or vehicles of any particular class or description, on streets;
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- (b) vehicles, or vehicles of any particular class or description, delivering or collecting goods or merchandise, or delivering goods or merchandise of any particular class or classes, may stand in streets, or in streets of any class or description, or in specified streets.