§ MR. SUMMERS (Huddersfield)asked Mr. Solicitor General, Whether he is correctly reported in The Hampshire Advertiser, of May 22, as having said, in answer to a question put to him at a public meeting at Southampton, that—
If the ratepayers wished to spend more than the 20 per cent raised on the licences in compensation they could do so; but in that case they would spend other money at their disposal, whether from rates or otherwise"?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL (Sir EDWARD CLARKE) (Plymouth)I see nothing in the quotation in the hon. Member's Question to make me doubt that it is an accurate report of the statement I made.