§ Colonel CAMPIONasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the inequality of treatment of free licensed houses as compared with houses owned by brewers, in view of the fact that the former under the Restriction of Beer Output Act frequently have their supplies withdrawn without notice, whereas the latter continue to receive them; and whether he proposes to take any action in the matter?
§ Mr. PRETYMANProvisions were included in the Act for enabling free licence holders who obtained supplies of beer from a brewer in the year 1915–1916 to obtain proportionate supplies during the present year from some other brewer if their ordinary brewer declines to supply them, and I have no reason to suppose that the provisions in question are not fully effective for the purpose for which they were intended.