§ Colonel DAYasked the President of the Board of Trade the number of prosecutions and convictions obtained under the Registration of Business Names Act to the last convenient date; and separately the number of prosecutions that have taken place for the 12 months ended to the last convenient date?
§ Sir B. CHADWICKThe Board of Trade instituted legal proceedings under the Act referred to in 215 cases down to the 30th April, 1927; and in 179 cases convictions were obtained. The figures for the 12 months ended on the 30th April, 1927, are:—prosecutions, 24; convictions, 19. These figures do not include proceedings instituted by the police or by members of the public.