§ 44. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Postmaster-General whether he will make a statement giving particulars of the results of his campaign against television licence evasion, giving figures of prosecutions and increased revenue as a result of this campaign up until the latest convenient stated date.
§ Mr. StonehouseSince January, 1967, evaders have been reduced by over three-quarters of a million. The increase in revenue from this has been about £8 million during the ensuing two-year period. In the year ending 31st March, 1968, there were 28,790 prosecutions.
§ Mr. LewisI congratulate my right hon. Friend on these excellent figures. Will he have a word with the Minister of Transport so that he, too, can draw in a few more hundreds of millions of £s by copying his example in cutting down the number of road tax evaders?
§ Mr. StonehouseI thank my hon. Friend for his observations.