§ Mr. SUTCLIFFEasked the Home Secretary whether it is by his request that the London County Council is proposing to take steps to put an end to boxing entertainments on Sundays; and whether he proposes to take similar action in other parts of the country with regard to boxing on Sundays, which is a source of annoyance to large numbers of people residing in the vicinity of these entertainments?
§ Sir J. GILMOURNo, Sir, but some time ago, when the London County Council raised a general question as to responsibility for enforcement of the law, I expressed the view that where a local authority has statutory powers of control by way of licence over various forms of 1877W public entertainment or other matters, the enforcement of the law is a responsibility falling on the local authority. This view is not limited, in its application, to London.