§ 30. Mr. Rhys Daviesasked the President of the Board of Trade how many persons have been prosecuted by his Department for offences that were not punishable before the present war; how many of those were employed persons; and how many were imprisoned, giving the number of employed persons separately.
§ Mr. DaltonThe collection of all these particulars would be a formidable piece of research, which would not justify the time and labour involved.
§ Mr. DaviesMay I take it that there is a record in the Department of all these prosecutions? May I also ask the right hon. Gentleman what becomes of the large sums imposed in these cases in fines? Does his Department get the money?
§ Mr. DaltonThe Treasury gets it, and, although there are records, I repeat it would mean taking staff off much more important work in order to elaborate all these particulars.