54. Sir CLEMENT KINLOCH-COCKEasked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the increasing difficulty of maintaining hospitals and other charitable institutions, he will consider so amending the Lottery Acts as to make it possible for this method of obtaining funds to be utilised, subject to official sanction, for the collection of money to be used exclusively for such undertakings without the management incurring the risk of a prosecution for acting contrary to law?
§ Captain HACKINGI am afraid my right hon. Friend would not undertake to introduce legislation of the kind suggested. Apart from other considerations, he could not propose to cast upon any Department or official the duty of giving or withholding sanction.
§ Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEIs the hon. and gallant Gentleman aware that, under present conditions, some are taken and others left?
§ Captain HACKINGAs far as we are concerned, we treat everybody alike.