§ MR. CALEB WRIGHT (Lancashire, S.W., Leigh)asked the President of the Local Government Board, If he will lay upon the Table of the House a Return of victuallers, beerhouses, and other licences for the sale of intoxicating liquors that have been refused during the five years ending 1886, on the ground that they were not required; and, whether he can give the number of public-houses and other licensed premises for the sale of intoxicating drink that belong to brewers and spirit merchants?
§ THE PRESIDENT (Mr. RITCHIE) (Tower Hamlets, St. George's)I have no information as to the number of cases in which licences for the sale of intoxicating liquors have been refused on the ground that they were not required; neither can I give the number 167 of public-houses and other licensed promises for the sale of intoxicating liquors that belong to brewers and spirit merchants.
§ MR. T. W. RUSSELL (Tyrone, S.)asked, whether it would not be possible to get some such Return before the Local Government Bill came on for discussion in Committee?
§ MR. RITCHIEsaid, the matter was one with which the Home Office was concerned; but he would make inquiry.