§ Mr. Bidwellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Dpartment how many cases heard London magistrates' courts in a past recorded period have resulted in the suspension or loss of a taxi driver's hackney carriage licence under the provisions of Section 25(30) of the Act of 1843.
§ Dr. SummerskillThere have been three such cases during the past two years.
§ Mr. Bidwellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he proposes to seek to amend the section of the Act of 1843 which enables magistrates to suspend hackney carriage licences, although not driving licences.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe only section of the London Hackney Carriages Act 1843 which empowers magistrates to suspend licences is Section 25, which now refers only to hackney carriage drivers' licences. We have at present no proposals for amending this section.