Mr. F. HALLasked the Home Secretary if he has had an interview with the representatives of the London motor omnibus undertakings; if so, will he state the date when the conference took place; whether it was after Sir Herbert Jekyll had left the Board of Trade and joined the directorate of the London General Omnibus Company; if at the 169W interview he suggested that the various undertakings should combine with a view to avoiding separate working responsibilities; if at the same interview any reference was made to the question of the motor omnibus companies and the tramways joining hands; and if the recent traffic combinations that have recently been effected are the result of the advice given by him?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe answer to the first part of the question is, Yes; to the second part, the 18th of October last; to the third part, Yes; and to the remaining parts, No.