§ MR. BARNARD (Kidderminster)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many on-licences have been suppressed under the 1904 Act; how many of these were tied houses; and how many were free houses.
§ *MR. GLADSTONEDuring the years 1905, 1906 and 1907, 2,805 on-licences were extinguished under the compensation provisions of the Licensing Act, 1904. I have no information as to how many of these houses were tied; and I am not yet in possession of the figures of extinctions in 1908.
§ MR. BELLOC (Salford, S.)Have the Government no statistics as to the number of tied houses?
§ *MR. GLADSTONENo, Sir, but it is known that something like 90 per cent. are tied.
§ MR. BARNARDCannot the right hon. Gentleman get the actual figures?
§ *MR. GLADSTONENot with accuracy.