§ Mr. Footasked the Attorney-General how many of the 976 applications for leave to appeal to the House of Lords received since 1st January, 1949, were made by the Director of Public Prosecutions, other prosecutors and defendants, respectively; and how many such applications have been granted in each year since the passing of the Criminal Appeal Act, 1907.
§ The Attorney-GeneralTwo applications were made by the Director of Public Prosecutions, one by the Board of Trade and 973 by defendants; two applications were granted in 1913, two in 1946 and one in each of the years 1910, 1912, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957.