§ Sir HENRY KIMBERasked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the widespread and continuous robberies of bicycles in London and throughout the country during 1910 and the three previous years, and can he give to the House the number of cases in which cycle thieves and receivers have been arrested and convicted; the number of bicycles stolen from free public libraries, public baths, museums, picture galleries, and other public institutions, and the number of cases in which such stolen property has not been recovered; and whether, in view of the sentences inflicted in such cases, he will propose any legislation on the subject?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLNo statistics on the subject are available. It is, of course, notorious that a large number of bicycles are stolen, but I have no reason to think that the sentences passed on bicycle thieves when convicted are inadequate, or that special legislation on the subject is called for in the public interest.