§ Sir R. Clarryasked the Home Secretary whether there has been any unusual increase in the number of clubs in Newport and Monmouthshire during the past month; whether his attention has been called to an aggravation during the present war emergency conditions of the anomaly of Sunday opening as between clubs and public houses in the district; and whether, under these circumstances, he will consider meeting the convenience of the public by some alteration in the existing law?
§ Sir J. AndersonI am informed that no new clubs were registered in Monmouthshire between the 1st September and the 10th October; and from such information as is available to me I have been unable to discover that war conditions have provided any new grounds for a change in the existing law.