§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions under section 21 of the Copyright Act 1956 there have been in each of the past 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MayhewThe information available to us, which may be incomplete, is given in the following table.
Defendants proceeded against for offences against section 21 of the England and Wales
Year Number of defendants 1971 — 1972 — 1973 4 1974 — 1975 — 1976 — 1977 10 1978 — 1979 — 1980 *3 * Tried at the Crown Court for conspiracy to contravene section 21 of the Copyright Act 1956; committed for trial in 1979.