§ Lieut.-Colonel WHITEasked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that con- 1740W siderable difficulty is experienced by persons in London, unprovided with telephones, in obtaining taxi-cabs, and that those with telephones have to pay an increased fare according to their distance from a cab rank; and whether, in view of the fact that the greatly increased number of cabs now available would reduce any nuisance caused by whistling to a. minimum, he will now permit cabs to be called by whistle between the hours of 8 a.m. and 11.30 p.m.?
§ Mr. SHORTTWhistling for cabs is forbidden by a byelaw made by the London County Council under Section 16 of the Local Governmet Act, 1883, and the question of revoking or amending the byelaw is one for the discretion of the London County Council. I have no power to take any action of the nature suggested.