§ MR. ERNEST TRITTON (Lambeth, Norwood)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, in view of the appointment of a Royal Commission to consider the whole licensing question, the Government would be disposed to introduce a Bill to suspend, pending the Report of the Royal Commission, the granting of new licences for the sale by retail of intoxicating liquors, similar to the Bill introduced by Mr. Bruce, which received the Royal Assent on the 17th of August 1871?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURYsaid that until the Royal Commission to inquire into the licensing question had reported it would not be politic on the part of the Government to introduce any legislation with regard to the liquor traffic.