§ MR. MYERI beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the aggregate amount of loss incurred in the licensing trade in England and Wales in the years 1905, 1906 and 1907, respectively, by reason of failures of retail traders to meet their liabilities.
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEMy right hon. friend has asked me to answer this Question. The estimated loss to creditors under bankruptcies and deeds of arrangement by reason of failures of publicans and hotel-keepers in England and Wales in the years 1905, 1906, and 1907 is as follows, viz.:—
£ In the year 1905 382,124 In the year 1906 276,145 In the year 1907 287,233