§ 37. Mr. WHITEasked the Home Secretary if he can state the number of 2082 boys who have been sent to prison in any recent year for riding a bicycle without a light?
§ Mr. CLYNESThe number of males under the age of 21 committed to prison in 1929 in default of paying fines inflicted for riding cycles without lights was 12; they must all have been over 16 years of age.
§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether these 12 offenders were first offenders, and is he taking steps to prevent young men from being sent to prison for such trivial offences?