HC Deb 11 February 1915 vol 69 cc740-1W
Mr. DUNCAN MILLAR

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has received notice of the orders issued by the competent military authorities throughout England and Wales under the Defence of the Realm Act and consolidated regulations restricting the hours of sale of licensed premises; and whether he can state the number of orders made and the restrictions imposed in each case?

Mr. McKENNA

No, Sir; there is no obligation on the military authorities to report to the Home Secretary in this matter, and they do not do so. Many of the orders issued come to the notice of the Home Office in connection with the orders made by the justices under the Temporary Restriction Act, but my Department is not in a position to collect and give the information asked for in the last sentence of the question.