HC Deb 31 August 1926 vol 199 cc156-7W
Mr. LAWSON

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have taken place under the ordinary law since 1st May in connection with the industrial dispute, and how many of these prosecutions succeeded?

Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS

The figures shown by police reports up to the 21st August, 1920, are as follow:

Prosecutions of individual persons 1,989
Convicted 1,332
Pending 187
Dealt with under Probation of Offenders Act 283
Dismissed or withdrawn 187