§ Colonel GRETTONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that free licence holders, having previously obtained their supplies of beer from wholesale dealers who are neither brewers nor brewers' agents, are not entitled to demand certificates, and are now experiencing difficulty in obtaining their reduced supplies; and whether he will consider the propriety and fairness of at once putting them on the same footing as free licence holders whose supplies are received direct from brewers or their 1489W agents, by amending Section 2 (5) of the Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order, 1917?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The Intoxicating Liquor (Output and Delivery) Order, 1917, on this point repeats the provisions of the Output of Beer Restrictions. No evidence has hitherto been laid before me to suggest that the rule involves any hardship so substantial as to justify the setting up of the somewhat cumbersome machinery required for its removal.