§ 30. Mr. JAMES HOGGEasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the fact that a conviction has recently been obtained in respect to the carrying on of newspaper prize competitions in which the public are invited to pay entry money, it is his intention to take such steps as may be 1034 necessary to bring such illegal practices to an end?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe prosecution in the case to which I presume my hon. Friend refers was undertaken by the Director of Public Prosecutions, and the alderman's decision will be reviewed by the High Court on a case which has been stated to it. If the conviction is upheld prosecutions will be instituted by the authorities in other proper cases.