§ Lieut.-Colonel Bromley-Davenportasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government to give details of the number of appeals by advertising interests dealt with during 1956 under the Control of Advertisements Regulations, 1948; how many of these appeals were dealt with at public hearings and by correspondence, respectively; how many in each group referred, respectively, to posters, including bulletin boards, but not trade signs, public information panels, and to trade signs on the premises of the occupiers concerned; and how many of each separate category were rejected or allowed.
§ Mr. BrookeThe total number of appeals decided during 1956 was 2,048. Details are as follows:
respectively, for the avoidable emission of smoke from motor vehicles.
Mr. ButlerIn the Metropolitan Police District there were 146 written cautions and 12 prosecutions in 1955 and 120 written cautions and 44 prosecutions in 1956. I regret that figures for the rest of the country are not available.