§ Mr. B. SMITHasked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that the Commissioner of Police has withheld permis- 992W sion for the use on public motor vehicles of a patent automatic coupling, and has refused to state the grounds upon which such permission is withheld; whether he will have the application reconsidered; and, if permission cannot be granted, will he state the reason?
§ Captain HACKINGPermission to use the automatic coupling on public carriages has been refused, because the trials have not satisfied the Commissioner. It is open to the inventor to continue his experiments on vehicles not licensed by the police.