HC Deb 26 February 1863 vol 169 c797
MR. LAWSON

said, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether, the House having rejected the Liverpool Licensing Bill, he is prepared to introduce a general measure for amending the Licensing Laws?

SIR GEORGE GREY

said, in reply, that the rejection by the House of the Liverpool Licensing Bill had tended rather to retard than to accelerate the introduction of a general measure. Several material points in connection with the subject were still under consideration, but he could not at present give a positive promise with regard to the introduction of a Bill.