§ LEAVE. FIRST READING.
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Motion made, and Question proposed,
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to prohibit the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors to persons of drunken habits."—(Mr. Bill.)
§ SIR W. LAWSON (Cumberland, Cockermouth)May I ask what is the nature of the Bill? It seems to have a good object; but I would suggest that 1373 it might be improved by being made to apply to persons of sober habits before they get drunk.
§ MR. BILL (Staffordshire, Leek)I hope the hon. Baronet will allow the Bill to be printed before he expresses any opinion on it. It is a very small affair. It simply provides that persons who have been convicted a certain number of times within a given period will be under disabilities, and unable to go to a public-house to buy drink. It will be for the House, when it has the Bill in print, to say whether, as I think it will, it commands universal satisfaction.
§ Motion agreed to.
§ Ordered to be brought in by Mr. Bill, Captain Bowles, and Mr. Han bury.
§ Bill presented, and read the first time. [Bill 372.]