§ Viscount Hinchingbrookeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Depart- 134W ment whether he will enforce the rule prevailing before the war that metropolitan taxicabs plying for hire are obliged to halt and take up passengers for journeys of reasonable length.
§ Mr. EdeA taxi driver never has been under a legal obligation to stop when signalled by a prospective hirer, notwithstanding that the meter flag indicates that the cab is for hire. If, however, he stops to parley with a prospective hirer, he is under the same obligation as the driver of an unhired cab standing in a street. whether upon a rank or not.