§ Mr. JOHNSTONasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that there have been affixed in prominent positions in the post office at Kirkintilloch a number of large posters urging the people to drink certain advertised alcoholic liquors; that the citizens upon three successive occasions have exercised their rights under the provisions of the Scottish Temperance Act and have closed all shops for the sale of alcohol; and whether, in view of the repeatedly expressed desire of the citizens as expressed by plebiscites, he will have the offending placards removed?
§ Viscount WOLMERNo, Sir. The exercise of a legal option to prevent the retail sale of alcohol within an area does not render the consumption of alcohol within that area improper or illegal, and I would remind the hon. Member that temperance societies have largely availed themselves of the Postmaster-General's permission to advocate total abstinence by posters in Post Offices in so-called "Wet Areas."