§ Lieut.-Colonel NALLasked the Home Secretary how many prosecutions for petty offences under the Shops (Early Closing) Acts were brought during 1922?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI have no means of distinguishing petty offences from other offences in the returns. The total number of prosecutions in 1922 for offences against the Shops Acts was 3082, but this includes prosecutions under the Acts of 1912 and 1913 as well as under the Acts of 1920 and 1921, and separate figures for the latter Acts are not available.