HC Deb 24 March 1920 vol 127 cc448-9W
Lieut.-Colonel ARCHER-SHEE

asked the Home Secretary if he will reconsider his decision of the 17th September, 1919, in letter T 190,887/88, refusing a motor licence to Mr. J. Bailey, of 1, Upper Chadwell Street, E.C.I, in view of the fact that this man has driven Dr. Crawford, a medical referee, for nine years in London, in the thickest traffic, without the slightest mishap or accident, and that evidence to that effect can be given?

Mr. SHORTT

I am sorry for this man, but I cannot overrule the decision of the Commissioner of Police in this matter. Mr. J. Bailey's vision is defective and falls far below the standard fixed by the Committee which recently examined the question of the employment as drivers of men suffering from injuries or physical defects.