HC Deb 13 July 1926 vol 198 cc221-2
25. Sir H. BRITTAIN

asked the Postmaster-General whether, seeing that some 300 persons have been prosecuted for the use of unlicensed wireless apparatus since the passage of the -Wireless Telegraphy (Explanation) Act last autumn, he will consider, as an alternative penalty, the withholding of a licence in the case of any further attempts to evade the law?

Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSON

I think it better to rely upon the penalties prescribed by the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1904, than to refuse to issue licences to persons who have attempted to evade the law.