§ 4. Mr. BARCLAY-HARVEYasked the Home Secretary if he is aware of the nuisance caused in the Metropolitan area by motor cars being driven with open cut-outs, especially at night; and if he will give instructions to the police to enforce a stricter observance of the law in this respect?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSI have given this matter my attention. The police do all they can to secure observance of the law, and summonses for extensive noise are frequently taken out by them, over 5,000 being taken out last year and over 3,000 in the first six months of this year. Comparatively speaking, I am glad to say that the use of "cut-outs" in the Metropolitan area is not a common one, and the noise complained of is more probably caused by inefficient silencers, particularly in the case of motor cycles. The question of improving silencers in motor cycles is now under discussion between the Ministry of Transport and the British Cycle and Motor Cycle Manufacturers' and Traders' Union.
§ Mr. MACLEANWill the right hon. Gentleman see what can be done to get silencers put on in the shunting yards at railways?