MR. KENYON () DenbighshireI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the effect on existing powers under the Welsh Sunday Closing Act of the Licensing Act, 1902, especially as regards clubs; and whether, with a view to assisting efforts now being made to bring bogus clubs under the notice of the police and licensing authorities, he will issue a special notice in Welsh and English explanatory of the provisions of both Acts, to the justices and police authorities in Wales; and whether he can hold out any hope that in the next Session he will be prepared to introduce a Bill to prevent evasions of the Sunday Closing Act.
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. COCHRANE,) Ayrshire, N.I do not think that the Welsh Sunday Closing Act is directly affected by the provisions in the new Licensing Act with regard to clubs; but I hope that the new Act, may, even if indirectly, prove of assistance to the other. I have issued to justices and the police throughout the country circulars, explaining the new Act, and I do not think that there is any necessity for a special notice in Welsh such as is suggested. As regards the legislation which my hon. friend indicates, I am afraid that I cannot hold out any hope.