§ MR. HELME (Lancashire, Lancaster)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that in some counties the position and powers of additional members appointed by non-county boroughs to serve on county licensing committees under Section 5 (5) of the Licensing Act, 1904, are made to differ from those of ordinary members of such committees; and, if so, will he, in such cases, take steps to prevent it.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Akers-Douglas.) I have not in mind any case in which an exception is being made from the provisions of the Act in regard to this matter. The powers and duties of the borough members are defined by the enactment quoted, which provides that any justice appointed there under shall, 1327 for the purposes of the determination of any question as to the refusal of a licence and any matters consequential thereon, be deemed to be an additional member of the committee.