§ 33. Mr. DAYasked the Minister of Transport whether the order recently issued, that the operators of public vehicles shall in future deal with lost property, applies to motor vehicles using the Metropolitan county of London?
§ Mr. PARKINSONThe Public Service Vehicles (Lost Property) Provisional Regulations, 1931, only apply to property found in public service vehicles, as defined in the Road Traffic Act, 1930. That definition does not include tramcars, trolley vehicles, or vehicles of the taxi-cab type, and property found in such vehicles will be dealt with as heretofore throughout the country. So far as London is concerned, the Regulations also do not apply in the case of a vehicle which during any part of its journey is used as a short stage omnibus within the Metropolitan Police District. Property found in such vehicles will continue to be dealt with at the Metropolitan Police Lost Property Office.
§ Mr. DAYCan my hon. Friend say what happens to the property found in public vehicles outside the London 998 radius when the journey terminates within the London radius?
§ Mr. PARKINSONNo, not without notice of the question.