§ 11. Mr. HOLDSWORTH (for Mr. HEPWORTH)asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the increase of serious crime due to the activity of motor bandits, he will consider the desirability of issuing a circular to different police forces in the country suggesting a diminution of prosecutions for trivial motor derelictions which now occupy much time and effort on the part of these police forces?
§ Sir J. GILMOURIt is clear from the published figures that the police are fully alive to the desirability of disposing of minor motoring offences by way of caution, instead of prosecution in suitable cases, and I do not think there is any occasion for further or special instructions on my part.