§ 38. Mr. Perkinsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will state the total number of motorists convicted by the Swindon magistrates for exceeding 30 miles per hour; and what proportion of these had their licences suspended during 1936 and 1937?
§ The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Sir Samuel Hoare)During 1936 the number of persons who were convicted by the Swindon magistrates of exceeding a speed limit of 30 miles per hour was 182, of whom two were disqualified from holding a driving licence. During the first nine months of this year the corresponding figures were 86 and none.