§ Acts read; considered in Committee.
§ (In the Committee.)
§ MR. SELWIN-IBBETSON, in rising to propose that the Chairman be directed to move the House, that leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Law for 404 Licensing Beerhouses, and to make certain alterations with respect to the sale by retail of Beer, Cider, and Wine, said, that, as he understood there would be no objection offered to the introduction of the measure, he would not then attempt to state the reasons which led him to bring it forward, or adduce the arguments by which he hoped at a future stage to justify his having done so. He might, however, remark that the importance of that question to the social well-being of the country could hardly be exaggerated; and he hoped to be able on the second reading to show that the remedy he proposed would, in some way, meet the evils complained of. The hon. Gentleman concluded by making his Motion.
§ Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move the House, that leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Law for Licensing Beerhouses, and to make certain alterations with respect to the sale by retail of Beer, Cider, and Wine.
§ Resolution reported:—Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. SELWIN-IBBETSON, Mr. AKROYD, and Mr. HEADLAM.
§ Bill presented, and read the first time. [Bill 22.]