§ SIR CHRISTOPHER FURNESS (Hartlepool)To ask Mr. Attorney-General whether he will consider the advisability of amending the law to prevent the nomination of candidates at municipal elections whose previous election has been declared void by a decision of a court of law.
(Answered by Sir Robert Finlay.) Provision is already made by the law for the disqualification of persons convicted of corrupt or illegal practices. I do not know what is the precise alteration of
| Quantity. | Imperial Revenue. | Local Taxation Revenue. | Total. | |
| Customs: | £ | £ | £ | |
| Beer | 55,561 barrels | 23,255 | 693 | 23,948 |
| Spirits | 8,589,265 gallons | 4,739,779 | 215,256 | 4,955,035 |
| Tobacco | 81,132,874 lbs. | 12,442,949 | — | 12,442,949 |
| Excise: | ||||
| Beer | 35,370,000 barrels | 13,263,900 | 442,100 | 13,706,000 |
| Spirits | 34,757,000 gallons | 18,164,300 | 869,000 | 19,033,300 |
§ † See (4) Debates, cxxi., 357.
676§ the law as to disqualification which is suggested, but it would be going too far to provide that avoidance of an election for any cause whatever should entail subsequent disqualification.