HC Deb 14 May 1874 vol 219 cc273-4
MR. LAIRD

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether the effect of passing the Intoxicating Liquors Bill will be, that the hours for all public-houses opening on Sunday evening, excepting in the Metropolitan district will be to open at 6 P.M. and not close until 10 P.M.?

SIR HENRY SELWIN-IBBETSON

(for the Home Secretary) replied that the hours in the new Bill in all districts except the Metropolis wore from 6 to 10 on Sunday evenings, or the same as the hours laid down in the Act of 1872.