§ MR. BAYLEY (Derbyshire, Chesterfield)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, under 240 the new Licensing Bill, the owner of the licence who is a servant of a brewery is entitled to compensation should he be disturbed in the public interest.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Akers-Douglas.) If, as would no doubt usually be the case, a licence-holder such as the hon. Member has in mind had an interest in the premises he would be entitled to compensation; but the nature and extent of his interest and his share of the compensation money must depend on the circumstances of the actual case, and would in default of agreement be determined by quarter sessions.