§ MR. PARTINGTON (Derbyshire, High Peak)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he can say how many public houses and beer houses, licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquors for consumption on the premises in England and Wales, are owned by brewers or brewing companies; and if be will grant a Return showing the number of such premises in each licensing district which are so owned.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Akers-Douglas.) I have no accurate information on this subject, but there is reason to believe that the figures for which the hon. Member asks would represent about 75 per cent, of the total. I am not aware of any means by which a Return could be made with accuracy, and do not think that the labour involved in any attempt to get the figures would be justified.