§ 37 and 38. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when he first received a report from the hon. Member for West Ham, North that a mobile food van registration number 8277 ML, parked outside 17 Woodstock Road, N.7, was using the public highway illegally in that no road fund licence was in being; when it was decided to prosecute the owner; with what results; and why this action was delayed;
(2) whether he is aware that the hon. Member for West Ham, North reported many months ago that vehicles registration numbers 799 HLM, KMK 569C, YPN 738, XOO 436, DNK 743B and others were using the public highway illegally in that no road fund licences were in existence; and why no prosecutions against the owners have taken place to enforce the law.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganAlthough I cannot trace that my hon. Friend has reported these vehicles to the Home Office, I understand that he reported five of the vehicles enumerated to the Greater London Council. It is for them to decide whether to prosecute or not.