HC Deb 28 July 1961 vol 645 cc882-3

Lords Amendment: In page 54, line 6, at end insert: (7) The clerk to the licensing justices shall for each licensing sessions keep a list of the persons giving notice under this paragraph of their intention to apply for the grant of a justices' licence; and the list shall show the name and address of the applicant, the nature of the application and the situation of the premises to be licensed, and for the fourteen days preceding the sessions shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any person on payment of the appropriate fee (if any) and without payment by any officer of customs and excise.

Mr. Vosper

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

The Amendment meets a point put to me by the right hon. Member for Colne Valley (Mr. Glenvil Hall), who has explained to me why he has had to leave. He asked that lists should be kept by the licensing justices of all licensed premises in their district. I promised to consider the matter. The Amendment gives effect to that suggestion. The only difference I have provided is that a fee shall be payable for inspection.

Question put and agreed to.

Lords Amendment: In page 55, line 9, at end insert: Provided that no order for costs shall be made by virtue of this sub-paragraph against any person who does not appear art the hearing of the appeal and oppose the appeal.

3.45 p.m.

The Solicitor-General

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

The Amendment has the effect that where an applicant for a licence appeals against a refusal to grant the licence, an objector who opposed the application before the licensing justices but who takes no part in the appeal cannot be made to pay any of the costs of the appeal. An amendment which was sponsored by the Law Society commended itself so much to the Government as being so obviously sensible that they moved an Amendment to this effect.

Question put and agreed to.