§ Mr. SpeakerI have received a letter from the resident magistrate of the Belfast petty sessions informing me that Mr. Peter Robinson, the hon. Member for Belfast, East, has been sentenced to a period of imprisonment of 30 days. I shall cause the text of the letter to be published in the Votes and Proceedings and in the Official Report.
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Following is the letter:
Dear Mr. Speaker
Peter Robinson, Member of Parliament for Belfast, East was convicted by me at Belfast Petty Sessions on 8 December 1987 of using a mechanically propelled vehicle without a licence under the Vehicles (Excise) Act (NI) 1972 contrary to Section 8(1) of the said Act. I fined him £75 ordered him to pay arrears of duty of £100 and £3 for costs within 28 days.
As those sums have not been paid Mr. Robinson was today committed to Prison for a period of 30 days.
F. G. Harty
Resident Magistrate