§ 52. Major BROUN-LINDSAYasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that in Whiteinch Ward, Glasgow, five clubs have been registered since the adoption by the electors of that ward of the no-licence resolution under the Temperance (Scotland) Act, 1913; that these clubs are located in premises which, before the adoption of the no-licence resolution, were occupied as public houses; and, in view of the expressed wishes of the electors and the intention of the Legislature in providing means for the control by the electors in local areas of the sale, by retail, of intoxicating liquors therein, whether he proposes to take steps to prohibit the registration of clubs in areas which have adopted the no-licence resolution and to extend the grounds of objection to the initial, grant of certificates of registration of clubs in Scotland?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for SCOTLAND (Sir John Gilmour)I am aware of the position in the ward referred to. I can hold out no prospect of legislation in the immediate future for the purposes mentioned.