HC Deb 26 January 1931 vol 247 cc627-8W
Major GLYN

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many persons have returned, during the last 12 months, to this country from Canada and Australia who had been in those Dominions for four years and over?

Mr. W. GRAHAM

The numbers of British subjects who were recorded as arriving to take up permanent residence in the United Kingdom after leaving permanent residence in Canada and Australia during the year 1930 were 15,820 and 12,808 respectively. Permanent residence is regarded as residence for a year or more. No further information is available as to the duration of the last permanent residence of persons arriving in this country.

Prosecutions under Section 7 of the Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act, 1875.
Persons dealt with in Summary Courts.
Total. Discharged. Order made under Probation of Offenders Act, 1907. Convicted and fined.
*1927 (whole year) 46 26 8 12
1928 11† 8 3
1929 34‡ 6 25 3
*The Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act came into force in July, 1927.
† Excluding 2 persons committed fur trial at Quarter Sessions; 1 acquitted and 1 fined.
‡ Excluding 1 person committed for trial at Quarter Sessions; acquitted.

war material but which cannot be completely separated. Particulars in respect of the period from the beginning of 1929 to 8th June, 1929, are not readily available.