§ MR. GRETTON (Rutland)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number and names of the large boroughs having a separate Court of quarter sessions and also the number and names of those boroughs which, being large boroughs within the meaning of Clause 17 of the Licensing Bill, do not possess a separate Court of quarter sessions.
721 (Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) The names and numbers of "large boroughs," within the meaning of Clause 17 of the Licensing Bill, with and without separate Courts of quarter sessions, respectively, are as follows:—
§ Large Boroughs. (Licensing Bill, Clause 17.)
§ (a) With separate Courts of Quarter Session.
- Bath (C.B.).
- Bedford.
- Birkenhead (C.B.).
- Birmingham (C.B.).
- Blackburn (C.B.).
- Bolton (C.B.)
- Bournemouth (C.B.).
- Bradford (C.B.).
- Brighton (C.B.).
- Bristol (C.B.).
- Burnley (C.B.).
- Cambridge.
- Canterbury (C.B.)
- Cardiff (C.B.)
- Carlisle.
- Chester (C.B.).
- Colchester.
- Croydon (C.B.).
- Derby (C.B.).
- Dovonport (C.B.).
- Doncaster.
- Dover.
- Dudley (C.B.).
- Exeter (C.B.).
- Folkestone.
- Gloucester (C.B.).
- Gravesend.
- Great Yarmouth (C.B.).
- Grimsby (C.B.).
- Hanley (C.B.).
- Hastings (C.B.).
- Ipswich (C.B.).
- Kingston-upon-Hull (C.B.).
- Leeds (C.B.).
- Leicester (C.B.).
- Lincoln (C.B.).
- Liverpool (C.B.).
- London (City).
- Maidstone.
- Manchester (C.B.).
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne (C.B.).
- Northampton (C.B.).
- Norwich (C.B.).
- Nottingham (C.B.).
- Oldham (C.B.).
- Oxford (C.B.).
- Peterborough (included in the Liberty which has separate Court of Quarter Sessions).
- Plymouth (C.B.).
- Portsmouth (C.B.).
- Reading (C.B.).
- Rochester.
- Rotherham (C.B.).
- Salford (C.B.).
- Scarborough.
- Sheffield (C.B.).
- Shrewsbury.
- Southampton (C.B.).
- Sunderland (C.B.).
- Swansea (C.B.).
- Walsall (C.B.).
- West Bromwich (C.B.).
- West Ham (C.B.).
- Wigan (C.B.).
- Wolverhampton (C.B.).
- Worcester (C.B.).
- York (C.B.).
§ Total 66.
§ (b) Without separate Courts of Quarter Sessions.
- Accrington.
- Ashton-under-Lyne.
- Aston Manor.
- Barnsley.
- Barrow-in-Furness (C.B.).
- Batley.
- Blackpool (C.B.).
- Bootle (C.B.).
- Burslem.
- Burton-upon-Trent (C.B.).
- Bury (C.B.).
- Chesterfield.
- Coventry (C.B.).
- Crewe.
- Darlington.
- Darwen.
- Dewsbury.
- Eastbourne.
- East Ham.
- Eccles.
- Gateshead (C.B.).
- Halifax (C.B.).
- Harrogate.
- Heywood.
- Hove.
- Huddersfield (C.B.).
- Hyde.
- Jarrow.
- Keighley.
- Kings ton-upon-Thames.
- Lancaster.
- Leamington.
- Leigh.
- Longton.
- Lowestoft.
- Luton.
- Macclesfield.
- Merthyr Tydfil (C.B.).
- Middlesbrough (C.B.).
- Middleton.
- Nelson.
- Newport (Mon.) (C.B.).
- Poole.
- Preston (C.B.).
- Ramsgate.
- Reigate.
- Richmond (Surrey).
- Rochdale (C.B.).
- St. Helens (C.B.).
- Southend-on Sea.
- Smethwick (C.B.).
- Southport (C.B.).
- South Shields (C.B.).
- Stalybridge.
- Stockport (C.B.).
- Stockton-on-Tees.
- Stoke-upon-Trent.
- Swindon.
- Torquay.
- Tunbridge Wells.
- Tynemouth (C.B.).
- Wakefield.
- Warrington (C.B.).
- Wednesbury.
- West Hartlepool (C.B.).
§ Total 65.
§ "(C.B.)" denotes County Boroughs.