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§ Mr. Derek Spencer (Leicester, South)With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I beg leave to present a petition, on behalf of the members and supporters of Leicestershire county cricket club, signed by 6,067 people in support, at which stage the innings was declared closed.
The petition alleges that the licensing justices have refused to grant extensions to the bars and host boxes at the county ground for the sale of intoxicants under section 74(4) of the Licensing Act 1964. All other first-class county grounds have such extensions. The applications from Leicestershire county cricket club were not objected to by the local police.
The petitioners pray
that your honourable House do urge the Secretary of State for the Home Department to bring forward guidelines on the licensing of sports grounds and sporting events for the sale of intoxicating liquor, in order to produce a uniform practice throughout England and Wales.I beg leave to present the petition.
§ To lie upon the Table.