§ 23. Dr. SALTERasked the Home Secretary when the licensing statistics for England and Wales for 1934 will be issued to the public?
§ Sir J. SIMONThe statistics have been sent to press and will be published, I hope, within the next fortnight.
§ Dr. SALTERCan the right hon. Gentleman explain why it is that each year these statistics appear later and later—in July in 1933, in August in 1934, and now in December in 1935?
§ Sir J. SIMONI can only speak for the last of those three dates, and the hon. Gentleman will appreciate that as they have to be presented to Parliament and were not quite ready before the Dissolution, they could not be printed before.