§ Sir C. Rawsonasked the Home Secretary whether he has now given further consideration to the representations from the Hotels and Restaurants Association of Great Britain with regard to the interference in their legitimate business by the greatly increased number of bottle parties; and whether he now proposes to take steps to deal with this abuse by an order under the Emergency Powers Defence Act, 1939,or by legislation?
§ Mr. PeakeAs stated in reply to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Moseley (Sir P. Hannon) on 18th March, the information which the Commissioner of Police has given shows that there is no ground for the suggestion that there has been any substantial increase in the number of bottle parties since the outbreak of war, but my right hon. Friend is considering whether the war situation has introduced special conditions calling for special war-time measures.