HC Deb 02 December 1971 vol 827 c640
23. Mr. Farr

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects that the Committee of Inquiry into the Liquor Licensing Law in England and Wales will publish its report.

Mr. Carlisle

I would refer my hon. Friend to my reply to a Question by the hon. Member for Rugby (Mr. William Price) on 24th November.—[Vol. 826, c. 406.]

Mr. Farr

Is my hon. and learned Friend aware that there is nothing fundamentally wrong with the British pub, that it is the envy of the world, that it is part and parcel of our country scene and that it does not need altering in any fundamental manner?

Mr. Carlisle

We all have our own views on the position of the British pub, but I should have thought that my hon. Friend would agree that the whole range of our licensing laws certainly requires looking into.

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