HC Deb 25 May 1927 vol 206 c2016W
Colonel DAY

asked 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. CHADWICK

The 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.

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