§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions of individuals for holding street collections in London without a licence during the period March 1984 to March 1985 are now pending before the courts.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis tells me that the number of persons summoned under the Street Collections (Metropolitan Police District)156W Regulations 1979 in respect of alleged unauthorised street collections made between 1 March 1984 and 31 March 1985, whose cases have yet to be dealt with by the courts, is 140.