§ 73. Mr. BOYTONasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of prosecutions and the amount of fines inflicted upon tradesmen in London for non-compliance with the provisions of the Shops Act by not closing their shops on the day appointed in the several districts?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. McKenna)The London County Council inform me that up to 31st December last, in the county of London outside the City, proceedings had been instituted against shopkeepers in seventy-two cases for failure to comply with the requirement of the Act as to closing for a weekly half-holiday. Convictions were obtained in fifty-two cases, and fines amounting in all to £38 19s. 6d. were imposed. The Act came into force on 1st May last. No proceedings were taken in the City during that period.