HC Deb 03 December 1945 vol 416 c2046W
Colonel Stoddart-Scott

asked the President of the Board of Trade how soon it will be possible for retail shops to be opened without a licence, by men and women who have been in the fighting Forces and not been wounded, and by men and women who have been on other types of national service but not previously been shopkeepers.

Sir S. Cripps

I hope to make a statement before the Christmas Recess on the future of the retail shop licensing system.