§ Mr. SIMMONDSasked the Home Secretary the number of prosecutions and convictions in the Metropolitan police area during 1934 for driving motor vehicles with excessively worn tyres?
§ Sir J. GILMOURThe number of prosecutions in the Metropolitan police district in respect of motor vehicles with defective tyres in the first six months of 1934 was 100. In 72 of these cases a conviction resulted, in 18 the charge was found proved without conviction, and in 10 the charge was withdrawn or dismissed.