§ Mr. Cleaverasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to what extent clubs in the Metropolitan Police District are prohibited from selling intoxicating liquor as a result of their failure to comply with the detailed requirements regarding registration dates of Section 25 of the Licensing Act, 1961, in the same way as is the Sheldon Sports and Social Club in Birmingham; and what action the police are taking in these cases.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerI understand that, in the Metropolitan Police District, some 600 clubs in which intoxicating liquor was supplied at the beginning of the transitional period under the Act did not apply during that period for certificates of registration or justices' licences. It is not known how many of these clubs decided not to apply because they could not expect to obtain a certificate or licence and how many simply omitted to apply in the time allowed. The Commissioner of Police tells me that all such clubs have been warned that they no longer have authority to supply intoxicating liquor and will not have such authority until a certificate of registration or justices' licence is obtained.