Sir JOHN BRUNNERasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been called to a circular issued by the Autocar League requesting its members to take out their licences for motor cars, carriages, male servants, armorial bearings, game, dogs, and guns in those counties specified by the league as being favourably disposed towards motorists; and to inquire whether, in order to secure to each county its fair share of the local taxation licences, he will be prepared to introduce legislation by which it would be made obligatory upon persons liable to duty to take out their licences in the county or county borough in which they ordinarily reside?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEMy attention has been called to this subject by the Home Secretary, and I hope that it will be possible to find some way of dealing effectively with the proposal if a serious attempt is made to carry it into effect. While I cannot announce a decision at present, the matter is receiving my careful consideration.