§ Captain DOUGLAS HALLasked the Minister of Munitions whether the Central Control Board have yet considered certain representations on the subject of restricted hours of business in the districts of Ventnor, Shanklin, Sandown, and Ryde which have been made on behalf of licensed traders of these localities; and whether in limiting the hours of consumption of alcoholic liquors the Control Board make any distinction between areas where munitions are produced and purely seaside towns, as the above?
§ Dr. ADDISONI understand that the Control Board have not seen their way to allow special relaxations of their Order in the towns mentioned in the first part of the question. With reference to the second part of the question, I may remind the hon. Member that the Board's powers extend not only to areas in which munitions are made, but also to transport areas and areas in which men belonging to naval or military forces are assembled.
§ Mr. GRETTONasked the Minister of Munitions if any estimate has been made of the cost of purchasing the breweries and licensed trade in the Carlisle district as proposed by the Central Control Board; and if payment is to be made in cash or if payment will be deferred?
§ Dr. ADDISONThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The answer to the second part of the question is that payment will be made in cash with an option to the vendors to take payment, either in whole or part, in Exchequer Bonds.