§ MR. WEDGWOOD (Newcastle-under-Lyme)I beg to ask the hon. Member for the Crewe Division, as Church Estates Commissioner, whether he is in a position to state if the Ecclesiastical Commissioners are now prepared to make any changes in their policy with regard to public-houses and the sale of beer, wino, or spirits on their estates; and, if so, what those changes will be.
§ MR. TOMKINSON (Cheshire, Crewe)The Commissioners have not in view any change in their policy with regard to public-houses and the sale of beer, wino, or spirits on their estates. That policy has been to reduce the number of licensed houses wherever practicable, and has fully answered the expectations of the Commissioners.
§ MR. LEIF JONES (Westmoreland, Appleby)Will the hon. Gentleman say under what circumstances the Commissioners are willing to reduce the number of licences?
§ MR. TOMKINSONI must ask for notice of that Question.