§ 11. Mr. COWANasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will grant the Return standing in the name of the hon. Member for East Aberdeenshire? [Address for Return of all Counties and County Boroughs with a population of over 100,000, showing, respectively, the number of cases in which, during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1914, under the compensation provisions of the Licensing Act of 1904, charges on the maximum scale of not less than half of the maximum scale, and of not less than one quarter of the maximum scale, have been imposed, and showing the number of cases in which it has been certified to the Secretary of State, as provided by the Act, that it was unnecessary to impose any charge for the purposes of compensation under the Act.]
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Cecil Harmsworth)I do not think I should be justified in issuing the special Return asked for by my hon. Friend. The information asked for is contained in the annual volumes of licensing statistics. The volume for 1914 is in preparation, and will be issued as soon as possible.