HC Deb 08 October 1912 vol 42 cc171-322

As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.

Notices appeared on the Amendment Paper of a new Clause to be moved by Sir Charles Hunter and Mr. James Mason ("Saving for railway refreshment rooms") and of a new Clause to be moved by Sir G. Younger ("Spirits, etc., may be sold at 35 degrees under proof").

Mr. SPEAKER

The first new Clause on the Amendment Paper should come as an Amendment to Clause 3. The second new Clause is really an Amendment to the Food and Drugs Act, and is not relevant.

Sir G. YOUNGER

With great respect, may I point out that this is called a Temperance Bill, and surely one can move in a matter of this kind that spirits, which at present can only be sold twenty-five degrees under proof, may in future be sold thirty-five degrees under proof. I agree that the Chairman of the Committee took the same view as you, Sir, but it is not unusual when a particular Amendment comes within the scope of the title of a Bill to amend the Food and Drugs Act or any other Act.

Mr. SPEAKER

The hon. Member's Clause does not necessarily tend towards temperance; for the more spirits are diluted the more will probably be drunk.

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  1. NEW CLAUSE.—(Penalty for Trafficking without a Licence.) 447 words
    2. cc173-4
  2. NEW CLAUSE.—(Auctioneer may Not Sell for Unlicensed Person.) 307 words
    3. cc174-82
  3. NEW CLAUSE.—(Drunken Persons Entering Licensed Premises.) 3,626 words
    4. cc183-227
  4. NEW CLAUSE.—(Compulsory Insurance of Certificates.) 19,544 words, 1 division
    5. cc227-51
  5. CLAUSE 1.—(Date of Act coming into Operation.) 10,900 words, 2 divisions
    6. cc251-315
  6. CLAUSE 2.—(Poll of Electors on Resolutions submitted.) 28,301 words, 5 divisions
    7. cc315-22
  7. CLAUSE 3.—(Effect of Resolutions if Carried.) 2,543 words