HC Deb 23 May 1950 vol 475 cc228-9W
70. Sir W. Wakefield

asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of prosecutions for infringement of price control Acts and Regulations of street traders in Oxford Street, London; and the number of convictions obtained in each of the six months from the end of October, 1949.

Mr. Bottomley

No prosecutions of street traders in Oxford Street took place during the six months from the end of October, 1949, but proceedings have been instituted against seven such traders and 15 further cases are under consideration.