HC Deb 09 May 1929 vol 227 cc2432-3

Lords Amendments to page 2, line 10, agreed to.

Lords Amendment:

In page 2, line 11, leave out: sold or exposed or kept for sale or consumption on those premises only or is.

Sir K. WOOD

I beg to move, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."

The Bill as it left this House required the registration of restaurants only if artificial cream was manufactured there. As now amended it, requires the registration of restaurants where artificial cream is sold, whether it is manufactured there or on other premises.

Mr. A. V. ALEXANDER

This Amendment raises a much wider question affecting restaurateurs who are unable to obtain sufficient supplies of fresh cream because of the operation of the Preservatives Measure. Does the Amendment mean that the restaurant keeper is liable for every small portion of cream served in a restaurant—either separately or in connection with some other article of food?

Sir K. WOOD

The Amendment only affects registration.

Mr. ALEXANDER

What will be the effect of registration in regard to the restaurant keeper from that point of view?

Sir K. WOOD

If an occasion arises on which it is found that a restaurant is not complying with the law, the necessary steps will have to be taken. The restaurant will be put in the same position in this respect as any other place.

Question put, and agreed to.

Subsequent Lords Amendments to page 3, line 33, agreed to.