§ 44. Mr. A. Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why he has refused the request of the cab section of the Transport and General Workers' Union to limit the number of London taxicabs to the present figure of 6,300 with 8,500 drivers; and whether, in view of the present national crisis and the need to save manpower and petrol, he will reconsider this matter.
§ Mr. EdeIn view of the opposition of some sections of the cab trade to these proposals, I could not see my way to adopt them. I have, however, asked the 169W Working Party, which I recently set up to examine the law relating to hackney carriages, to consider the general question of limitation.