§ MR. CROMBIE (Kincardineshire)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that the attention of police constables has been called recently in Fulham to cases of children under fourteen years old coming out of public houses with beer in vessels not corked and sealed; and, if so, whether, seeing that though these cases were independently reported to the Commissioner no prosecution has been instituted, he will give instructions to the Metropolitan Police with regard to carrying out the requirements of the Intoxicating Liquors (Sale to Children) Act.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. AKERS DOUGLAS,) Kent, St. Augustine'sI am informed that the Metropolitan Police, who are fully instructed in their duties under the Act in question, are not aware of any recent case of violation of its 1214 provisions with regard to the corking and sealing of vessels in which beer is sold to young children.