HC Deb 17 March 1927 vol 203 c2212W
Colonel DAY

asked the Postmaster-General the number of proceedings that have been instituted against persons for installing and using wireless transmitting apparatus without licence; and the result of such prosecutions?

Viscount WOLMER

Five persons have been prosecuted for using wireless sending apparatus without a licence. A conviction was obtained in each case and the penalties ranged from a fine of £4 to a fine of £10 in addition to £5 costs. In two of the cases the apparatus was confiscated.