§ MR. O'SULLIVANasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Whether it is true that some spirit grocers' licences are issued in Scotland as low as four pounds four shillings per annum, while in Ireland the lowest spirit grocers' licence is nine pounds eighteen shillings and five pence per annum; and, if so, will the Government take any steps to redress this remarkable inequality between the two Countries?
§ MR. COURTNEYSir, I have ascertained that this disparity does exist. It has been explained to me that the class of traders differs considerably in the two countries. The subject appears to require further investigation, and I am not sure that we ought to level up, and not to level down.