§ Major GLYNasked the Home Secretary whether, seeing that the name of the manufacturer and the horse-power of 1886W taximeter-cabs appears on the licence issued by the London County Council, and that the driver who receives his licence from the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police is restricted to driving any particular make of taximeter-cab, under these circumstances, he will consider taking steps to provide an annual list of taximeter-cabs of foreign and British manufacture, and to undertake that all drivers shall be qualified to drive British-manufactured cabs?
§ Mr. CLYNESThe compilation of a list of the kind suggested would involve a good deal of work, and would serve no useful purpose so far as the police are concerned. Drivers are at present only tested in relation to the types of cab which they actually intend to drive. I am advised that it is not desirable to impose the condition proposed.