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Fewer London Taxis
LAST year London had fewer taxis than before the war. Mr. Dennis Vosper, Minister of State at the Home Office, said in the Commons last week that in 1939 there were 6,699 taxis licensed in the Metropolitan Police District, while in 1960 the total was 6,656.
Mr. Rupert Speir (Tory, Hexham) drew attention to the high cost of buying a taxi which would comply with the regulations imposed by the Metropolitan Police under the Public Carriage Act of 1869, and asked Mr. R. A. Butler to relax these regulations.
The Home Secretary told him that the Deputy Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis would be willing to consider any proposals put forward by manufacturers and the trade for modification of the present conditions of fitness.
Edinburgh Traffic Problem
nURING last week's Lords debate on
Edinburgh's traffic problems, Lord Craigton, Minister of State at the Scottish Office, pointed out that the usual pattern in both local authority • and departmental road development was for sectional interests to have their say when proposals had been published.
"But we can take criticism," commented Lord Craigton, adding that he thought there was something in the suggestion of Lord Ferrier that more use could be made of the experience of such bodies as the motoring organizations, British Road Services and the Traders' Road Transport Association.
Bus Accident Figures
THOUGH he was unable to say how 1 many bus accidents had taken place in recent years, Mr. Ernest Marples, the Minister of Transport, noted in the Commons last week that the number of public service vehicles involved in accidents in which someone was killed or injured was 23,742 in 1957, 23,099 in 1958 and 23,556 in 1959.