§ Mr. GLANVILLEasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hours per day the motor-omnibus drivers work on the omnibuses which run from Dulwich to Shoreditch; whether, having regard to the number of accidents in connection with motor-omnibus driving, the Home Office will take whatever steps are necessary to fix a daily limit of time during which an omnibus driver shall work; and, in the interest of public safety, will the Home Office take some steps to secure that motor-omnibus drivers are not penalised in time, dinner time, or money through the opening of Tower Bridge causing a delay in the journey which the omnibus is performing?
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§ Mr. McKENNAAccording to the information in possession of the police, the omnibus drivers upon the particular route mentioned work the following number of hours per day:—
The tours of duty are changed weekly, and there is no work on Sundays. An interval of twenty minutes is allowed between each journey. I have no information as to whether drivers suffer loss in time or money in consequence of delays occasioned by the opening of the Tower Bridge. I have no power to take any action of the nature suggested, but the whole question of motor traffic is at the present time under the consideration of a Select Committee.
- Those on early duty, 8 hours 58 minutes.
- Those on relief duty, 9 hours 3 minutes.
- Those on late duty, 13 hours.