§ Mr. R. Daviesasked the Minister of Agriculture the number of persons convicted for not carrying out the directions of war agricultural committees in each county in England and Wales to 31st December 1943.
Mr. HudsonTo ascertain the number of persons convicted in relation to each county in England and Wales would involve an expenditure of labour which I do not think would be justified in existing circumstances. The total numbers in relation to the whole of England and Wales are as follows:
1940 … … … 155 1941 … … … 185 1942 … … … 142 1943 … … … 111