§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYasked the Minister of Transport the conditions under which the official attendants at parking places for motor cars in London have been engaged; whether these men receive any salary: and, if so, what?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONI have been asked to reply. These attendants are persons who have been licensed as messengers by the Commissioner of Police on the nomination of the Association for the Employment of Regular Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen, the Transport Workers' Union, the Cab Drivers' Benevolent Association, the Motor Cab Drivers' Protection Society or the Motor Cab Owner Drivers' Association. They are not in the employment of the police or any other authority, and do not receive any salary, but are entitled to accept any gratuities that may be offered them. The arrangements, which are experimental, are on lines recommended by the London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee.