§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what have been the average fines for convictions for Sunday trading in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. Waddington[pursuant to his reply, 13 March 1986, c.535]:
Records available to me, which may be incomplete, show the average fine imposed by magistrates courts in England and Wales for offences relating to Sunday trading as £44 in 1982, £100 in 1983 and £145 in 1984. Corresponding information for 1985 is not yet available.