§ Mr. GWYNNasked the Home Secretary whether the Chief Commissioner of Police has recently been giving licences for men to be employed as drivers on the London Electric Tramway system without enforcing the usual tests of their capability?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELNo, Sir. The hon. Member has been misinformed. The practice until recently was to accept the certificates of the London County Council, or the London United Tramways Company, as to a candidate's ability to drive an electric tramcar, and, provided the police inquiries as to character proved satisfactory, to issue the licence on that certificate. Recent events have made the Commissioner think it desirable to alter this practice as regards the London United Tramways Company. Candidates nut forward by that company are now required to satisfy the police of their ability to drive as well as of their character. The certificates of the London County Council are accepted as heretofore.