HC Deb 04 August 1913 vol 56 c1038
48. Captain CRAIG

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if his attention has been drawn to remarks made by Mr. W. J. Nolan, J.P., in the Petty Sessions Court at Listowel, county Kerry, on the 12th July, to the effect that the police in Listowel should not enforce the provisions of the Licensing Acts as to Sunday trading by publicans; and whether, in view of the difficulty the police in Ireland already experience in obtaining convictions against publicans who persistently break the law, any steps will be taken to deal with Mr. Nolan?

Mr. GULLAND

As my right hon. Friend has already stated, in reply to a similar question asked by the hon. and gallant Member, the Lord Chancellor considers that the observations made by Mr. Nolan on the occasion referred to are of too trivial a character to call for any action on his part.