asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he last met the joint committee of the cab trade; which organisations attended; and which did not accept the invitation.

The London Joint Cab Trade Committee, which has recently been reconstituted, met representatives of the Home Office on 6th January. I understand that the committee invited the Transport and General Workers' Union Cab Trade Committee to come with it, but only the representatives of the London Motor Cab Proprietors' Association, the Owner Drivers' Society, and the Licensed Taxi Drivers' Association attended.