§ Mr. MACQUISTENasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions whether the licensed premises in Carlisle and the Gretna area were acquired with public money because there were many munition workers there and the Government wanted to secure the profits of the sales of drink to them; and whether, now that the munition workers have gone, these premises can be sold in respect that the reason for holding them has now ceased?
§ Mr. KELLAWAYMy hon. and learned Friend has not accurately described the purpose for which the licensed premises at Carlisle and Gretna were acquired. I am sending him copies of the second and fourth Reports of the Central Control Board, from which he will gather a more correct impression. The future of these schemes will be a matter to be settled when the Government's promised Bill is before Parliament.