§ Mr. KINGasked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been given to the manifesto signed by fifty leading surgeons, divines, magistrates, and others, declaring the desirability of a suppression of the sale of all spirits for the period of the War; and what further measures are contemplated with the object of reducing the consumption of alcoholic spirits to a minimum?
§ Mr. McKENNAMy attention had not been drawn to the manifesto until my hon. Friend's question appeared on the Paper. As regards the question of further legislation on this subject, the Prime Minister has intimated that it depends on the possibility of an agreed Bill.