MR. HERBERT ROBERTSTo ask the hon. Member for the Eye Division of Suffolk, as Church Estates Commissioner 1393 whether the Ecclesiastical Commissioners will publish a Report, supplementary to the Annual Report, containing Returns showing a list of all places licensed for the sale of beer, wine, or spirits, on any of their estates, during the twelve months preceding October 31st, 1905; the dates on which the lease was granted or last renewed, and will expire; and a statement, whether or not the assent of the Commissioners was required to the license; a list of all leases granted by them during the same period; and a statement as to the insertion therein of a restrictive or prohibitive covenant as to the sale of beer, wine, or spirits; a list of the applications during that period for their leave to sell beer, wine, or spirits, and a statement as to the result of such application; a list of the places so licensed, and of beerhouses, which were suppressed by them during that period; and whether the Ecclesiastical Commissioners will in future include similar Returns in their Annual Reports.
(Answered by Mr. Stuart- Worthy.) The Commissioners are not prepared to add the suggested particulars to their Annual Report. The hon. Member was informed on the 8th inst.†See that for over twenty years the Commissioners' leases have contained covenants prohibiting the sale of intoxicants without their leave. The twelvemonth ending October 31st, 1905, is covered by that Answer. I shall be pleased to give the hon. Member information as to the case of any particular house as to which he may wish to inquire.