40. Mr. De la Bèreasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in respect of licensed houses, he will consider permitting the use of a small blue 5-watt lamp suspended either outside or just inside every door used by the public as an entrance or exit to the premises, in view of the difficulty which is experienced by the public in both entering and leaving licensed premises?
§ The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Sir John Anderson)No, Sir. If such a form of external lighting were allowed in respect of licensed premises it could not reasonably be withheld in the case of shops and other similar premises; and the amount of light resulting from any such concession would, in the aggregate, be such as to defeat the objects of the present restrictions on street-lighting.
Mr. De la BèreWill the right hon. Gentleman give this matter a little further thought, because a little light would be so much appreciated as a concession in every district throughout the country? Perhaps he will give it his sympathetic thought.
§ Mr. PooleMay I ask whether the Minister has any knowledge of any difficulty which the hon. Member may have had?