§ Sir R. Russellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why he intends to discriminate between Greater London and the rest of the country in granting certificates of consent for general 354W gaming for the next period of licensing starting on 1st June, 1972, and what consideration he gave to the demand for a club from places such as Wembley, in which a club was formerly patronised by a clientele from a wide area.
§ Mr. MaudlingThe principle of concentrating gaming facilities applies equally to London and to other parts of the country. This object would be frustrated if clubs were allowed to open in any part of the Greater London Council area; and I thought it right to confine them to the central entertainment area.