HC Deb 26 July 1962 vol 663 c177W
55. Sir B. Janner

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will introduce legislation to repeal the Town Police Clauses Act of 1847 since this Act is specifically aimed at horse-drawn hackney carriages.

Mr. Brooke

No. The provisions of this Act which apply to hackney carriages are not in general confined to horse-drawn vehicles. They apply to wheeled carriages irrespective of their means of propulsion.