§ Mr. REMERasked the Home Secretary if he is now prepared to make a statement as to the Government's attitude with reference to the licensing laws?
§ Captain HACKINGAs was stated last week, it is not yet possible to make an announcement on this subject. My hon. Friend would seem to have been mistaken when he said last week that the Prime Minister had stated he would give an answer to this question as soon as the Southborough Committee had reported. What the Prime Minister in his letter of 3rd March said was—" When that Report is received it will be necessary to consider not only the question of disinterested management, but also various other aspects of the licensing problem." The Government have not yet had an opportunity to give these matters the careful consideration which is required before any statement can be made as to future action.