§ MR. CATHCART WASON (Orkney and Shetland)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state approximately the value of the licensed premises to which the Bill before the House applies; the maximum capitalised amount that could be raised by quarter sessions for the purpose of closing specified licensed premises; the approximate extra value that would be given to the licensed premises remaining by the decreased contribution and by the absolute fixity of tenure secured for a long period.
* THE SECRETAEY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. AKEKS-DOUGLAS,) Kent, St. Augustine'sI find it extremely difficult to understand the precise meaning of the various parts of the Question: but, so far as I can see, it is impossible to produce any useful figures such as the hon. Member appears to desire.