Mr. STRAUSSasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if a caretaker of a club, who also acts partially as a barman, must 157W take out a licence as a male servant; if so, under what definition of the Act this appears; and will he state how many caretakers acting partially as barmen pay this licence in London?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEIf, as I assume from the terms of the question is the case, the club in which the servant is employed is situate in London, I should explain that the responsibility for the duties on licences for male servants employed in London has since 1908 been transferred to the London County Council, and I am not therefore concerned. I may, however, say that under the Acts relating to licences for male servants the answer to the question depends upon the precise nature of the duties performed by the servant, and that the case of Solomon v. Cropper, decided in 1898, reported in 79 "Law Times" Reports at page 301, seems to have some bearing on the subject. The definition of a male servant for the employment of whom a licence is required is contained in the Act 32 and 33 Viet., C. 14, 8. 19 (3), as amended by 39 and 40 Viet., C. 16, S. 5. I am unable to give any information as to how many licences are taken out for persons employed in clubs in London who act partially as barmen.