§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions there were for motoring offences in the area covered by the Macclesfield constituency in each of the last four years.
§ Dr. SummerskillIn 1975 and 1976 there were 8,734 and 9,345 convictions, respectively, for motoring offences in the magistrates' courts at Congleton, Mac-
366Wduring each of the past five years; and how many of these resulted in convictions.
§ Mr. JohnInformation collected centrally does not show separately prosecutions taken under Section 2 of the Noise Abatement Act 1960.
The Control of Pollution Act 1974 came into operation on 11th December 1975. There were no prosecutions brought under Section 62 of this Act in 1975; figures for 1976 are not yet available.