§ Mr. CLAUDE HAYasked the Home Secretary why it is necessary that licensed men should be required to lose a day's work, as well as incur the cost of railway and other fares to and from London, in order to attend at New Scotland Yard to be photographed, in accordance with a police order issued by the Superintendent of the Public Carriage Office, New Scotland Yard?
§ Mr. GLADSTONELicensed drivers and conductors have to attend at New Scotland Yard to be photographed because the necessary apparatus is not installed in any of the local police stations. The Commissioner of Police informs me that in practice this gives rise to very little inconvenience, even in the case of men working in the outlying districts of London. As I informed the hon. Member on 24th June, men are only required to come to Scotland Yard for this purpose once in three years, and they may attend at their convenience on any day during the month preceding the expiration of their licences. Cab drivers usually take 1393W the opportunity to come after they have put down a fare in the neighbourhood. The Order requiring licences to have attached to them a photograph of the holder was not issued by the Superintendent of the Public Carriage Office, but is in my Order of 30th December, 1907, relating to cabs and stage carriages generally in the Metropolis.