§ MR. BENN (Devonport)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, as the City of London is only calling up, under the Licensing Act, 1904, one-fourth of the possible compensation fund, he will take steps, by legislation or otherwise, to enable the City to collect the whole fund provided by law, and devote it to the extinction of liquor licences in the county of London.
§ *THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. AKERS-DOUGLAS, Kent, St. Augustine's)No, Sir, I do not see how it would be justifiable under the Licensing Act, 1904, to impose charges on the licences in one jurisdiction for the purpose of extinguishing licences in another jurisdiction.