§ MR. KELLY (Camberwell, N.)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether his attention has been called to an announcement that a number of prizes will be drawn for on the 27th of March, at the Gladstone Radical Club, Baroness Road, Hackney Road, and that all persons purchasing tickets for two concerts to be given there for the benefit of Mr. W. C. Kilbey, the Vice President, will have the right to draw for such prizes; whether this distribution of prizes is illegal; and, if so, whether he will take steps to prevent it; and, whether, having regard to the fact that three of the prizes consist of a box of cigars, half a-dozen cigars, and a packet of cigars respectively, he will cause inquiries to be made as to whether the persons responsible for the conduct of the Gladstone Radical Club are in the habit of selling cigars to persons not being members thereof, without having taken out any licence for the purpose?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. MATTHEWS) (Birmingham, E.)Yes, Sir; my attention has been called to this matter, and I have brought the announcement of the proposed lottery to the notice of the Public Prosecutor. With regard to the last paragraph of the Question, I have called the attention of the Board of Inland Revenue to the matter.