40. Major EVANSasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the 13,264 exemptions granted during 1930 by the Commissioner of Metropolitan Police under the Licensing Acts were to licensees convicted under the Acts; and the number of applications for exemption refused during the same period?
Mr. STANLEYMy right. hon. Friend regrets that to attempt to obtain figures in answer to the first part of the question would entail a prolonged search which is not at present justified. The answer to the last part of the question is 635.