§ 72. Sir R. HAMILTONasked the Home Secretary whether he can issue an order requiring receptacles for used tickets to be placed in omnibuses and tramcars in London, so as to prevent the present littering of the streets?
§ Captain HACKINGAs experience has shown that the public make very little use of such receptacles, my right hon. Friend does not consider that he would be justified in requiring omnibus and tramcar undertakings to incur the expense of providing them.
§ Sir R. HAMILTONIs the hon. and gallant Gentleman aware that this method is carried out in other, more go-ahead municipalities, and, if so, why cannot it be done in London?
§ Captain HACKINGYes, I am aware of that fact, but this was tried in London during the War, when there was a request made that people should put their tickets in receptacles in order to save paper, and as a result those receptacles were filled with all sorts of rubbish, but very few tickets were put in.
§ Mr. HARDIEIs the hon. and gallant Gentleman aware that the City of Glasgow have adopted this system on their cars and that they make a good deal of money in the year through it? Why cannot London do it in the same way? Is there more intelligence about the travelling public in Glasgow than in London?
§ Captain HACKINGThis has been tried as an experiment, and it has failed, and my right hon. Friend does not think he is justified in renewing the experiment.
§ Mr. BLUNDELLCan the hon. and gallant Gentleman say whether these receptacles are provided in the capital city of Orkney?