§ 21. Mr. BUCHANANasked the Home Secretary the total number of prosecutions which have taken place on the instruction of the factory inspector in Glasgow and district during the past year; the number in which a conviction was secured; and the number in which appeal was made to a higher Court?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe number of prosecutions taken by the factory inspectors in the Glasgow and Lanarkshire factory districts—in which the City of Glasgow is comprised—was 64; in 55 of these cases a conviction was obtained. In no case was there any appeal.