§ Mr. RAFFANasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he was aware that police officers have in several instances, on their retirement from the force, become licensees of public-houses; and whether, in view of the objection to the practice as tending to lax enforcement of the licensing laws by officers anticipating such future employment, he would issue a circular to licensing magistrates on the subject?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Churchill)I am aware that retired police officers occasionally become licensees of public houses; but I have no reason to think that this fact leads by anticipation to any weakening of the supervision over licensed houses exercised by the police; and on my present information I am not prepared to issue any circular on the subject to licensing magistrates.