16. Mr. Gresham Cookeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Ramsay-Willis Committee will publish its findings on the subject of licensing.
§ Sir F. SoskiceI expect to receive the Report of the Committee in time for publication before the Summer Recess.
Mr. Gresham CookeWhen the right hon. and learned Gentleman is considering the report of the Ramsay-Willis Committee, will he put his mind to this little problem: that a housewife who wants to buy a bottle of beer or a can of beer for her husband during the daytime often finds it impossible to buy it in a supermarket and has to go into a back street to find an off-licence? Could not some guidance be given to local authorities to widen the licensing system to permit the sale of such beer in supermarkets so that housewives can buy it there?
§ Sir F. SoskiceI am not sure that that arises from the Question, but I will certainly keep in mind the dilemma of the housewife so movingly described by the hon. Gentleman.