MR. FETHERSTONHAUGH; N.) (FermanaghTo ask the Prime Minister whether it is intended in the forthcoming licensing legislation promised for next session to deal with the paramount claim of Ireland to a reform of her licensing laws; is he aware that the licensing laws of Ireland are less favourable to the promotion of temperance than those of England; that the number of licensed houses is excessive; and that there is no power, as there is in England, to reduce the number.
(Answered by Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman.) His Majesty's Government have no intention of including Ireland in the licensing legislation promised for next session. I am aware of the differences between the licensing system of England and that of Ireland.