§ Mr. Leatherasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there have been during the latest convenient year for vehicles emitting offensive smoke or fumes and vehicles emitting excessive noise, respectively.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerIn 1957 there were 4,354 prosecutions in Magistrates' Courts in England and Wales in respect of noise offences. The offence of emitting smoke is not separately recorded and no figures for England and Wales are available, but in the Metropolitan Police District there were 43 prosecutions in 1957 and 68 in 1958.