§ 39. Sir G. FOXasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps his Department is taking to bring to the notice of taximeter cab users the desirability of taking taximeter cabs off the ranks rather than engaging crawling taximeter cabs, since such a preference would tend to reduce the congestion in the streets caused by numbers of these vehicles cruising about in the hope of picking up passengers?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir John Gilmour)I have no doubt that the public could materially assist the general circulation of traffic by making a practice of hiring their cabs from the ranks whenever possible. Attention was called to this matter in the report of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for last year, and I hope that this question and answer will give further publicity to the subject.
§ Mr. MACQUISTENAre not taximeter cabs crawling about the streets a great convenience to the public?